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The fpecles of fvvine, which formerly was 

 iiniverfal throughout the countr}-, is, like the 

 Iheep, a ilcnder long-legged animal; but, like 

 thofe, is of quick growth, and prone to fat at 

 an early age : I have feen them, at fix months 

 old, near three quarters grown, and as fat as 

 pigs in general are, at nine or twelve. Their 

 fize is not large : fifteen to twenty ilone (four- 

 teen pounds) is a good weight for a fat well- 

 grown hoa;. 



But the '* old original fort" is now nearly 

 lofl ; the Chinefe and Berkflilre breeds have of 

 late been introduced ; fo that, at prefent, Nor- 

 folk exhibits the fame motley mixture of 

 breeds, which may be feen in almofl every 

 other county in the kingdom. 



Farmers in general rear their own pigs : 

 keeping, according to the fizc of their farms, 

 one or more fows, which in general are fatted 

 young, and /payed before they he fatted : through 

 which means their flefh is thought to be much 

 improved. 



They are fatted almoft univerfally on buck ; 



which is fometimes cruflied, and fometimes 



given to them whole. It is a quick good fat- 



B b 3 ting; 



