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and we find it mentioned in an ordinance of the ProYost of 

 Paris, dated as far back as the 15th April, 1488. In 1813, it was 

 established on the Quai de la Vallee. From there it was removed, 

 in 1832, to the forage market in the Faubourg Saint-Martin. 

 In 1843, it again changed locality to the Boulevard Bourdon, 

 between the Seine and the Place de la Bastille, where this market 

 is still held. 



We have not yet finished with the innumerable products of 

 the Pig. 



The hide, after having been tanned, is used by harness- 

 makers, saddlers, and trunk-makers. Bottles for transportiag 

 and preserving wiae are also sometimes made of pig-skins in 

 Spain. 



The bristles are employed in the manufacture of tooth-brushes, 

 nail-brushes, paint-brushes, &c. Lastly, the bladders serve for 

 different uses in trade and in domestic economy. France con- 

 sumes annually more than sixty millions of kilogrammes of pork. 

 England and the United States of America probably more. This 

 meat, when it is properly fed, is tender, savoury, full of gravy, 

 and of an agreeable flavour. It is in Italy that we have most 

 appieciated it ; the Pig is reared there under circumstances very 

 favourable for producing agreeable and nourishing human food. 

 At Rome, Bologna, and some other towns ia the north of Italy, 

 pork is said to be eutirel}^ destitute of the heating properties that 

 it possesses in other parts of the world. 



During life the Pig is also made usefid. Few are ignorant of 

 the fact that it is man's assistant when searchins- after truffles. 

 It is principally in Peiigord that it renders this service. When 

 it has been trained to hunt for them, from its keen sense of smell, 

 it discovers the precious subterranean champignon with great 

 adroitness. As soon as the Pig has disinterred it, it remains a 

 few moments motionless, similar to a Pointer standing on game ; 

 but if it is kept waiting too long a time, its gluttony frequently 

 gets the better of its training. A Truffle Pig, well taught, is 

 worth about 200 francs. 



In Normandy, Pigs are often tied to the foot of apple trees, 

 that they may in a manner cultivate them by digging and turning 

 up the soil round their stems. 



In certain parts of China, Pigs are used as beasts of draught; it 



