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Most breeds of domesticated sheep have been 

 developed during the last few hundred years. 



The goat is an animal which has been developed 

 in the hard conditions of high mountains. That 

 is where it was manufactured. Its ancestors lived 

 on almost anything they could pick up. This fact 

 accounts for the ability of the domesticated goat 

 to subsist on nearly anything it can find. The 

 goat is a product of the barren peaks. 



Sheep and goats have never been selected for 

 their intelligence, but for their hair and milk. 

 Hence they have remained at a low stage of men- 

 tality. While domesticated sheep have finer 

 fleeces, they probably have poorer brains, than 

 their wild ancestors. 



9. Swine. 



The domesticated pig is a descendant of the wild 

 boar of Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa. It 

 readily returns to the wild state. So-called ^Svild 

 pigs ' ' are found in many lands and on many of the 

 islands of the world. They are pigs that have es- 

 caped from domestication. 



Wild hogs live in small droves, and are very 

 loyal to each other. You might think to see hogs 

 eat that they have very little regard for each other 

 — they are so indelicate and selfish and self-cen- 

 tered. But you let one of them get into trouble 

 and send out the alarm-squeal, and the whole pack 

 will fly to its defense with bristles up and uttering 

 the most terrifying war-whoops. They will risk 



