6'S HOG. Class I, 



a regular coat over the whole body. It is rest- 

 less at a change of weather, and in certain high 

 winds is so agitated as to run violently, scream- 

 ing horribly at the same time ; it is fond of wal- 

 lowing in the dirt, either to cool its surfeited 

 body, or to destroy the lice, ticks, and other in- 

 sects with which it is infested. Its diseases 

 generally arise from intemperance ; measles, im- 

 postumes, and scrophulous complaints are 

 reckoned among them. Linnceus observes that 

 its flesh is wholesome food for athletic constitu- 

 tions, or those who use much exercise, but bad 

 for such as lead a sedentary life : it is however 

 of most universal use, and furnishes numberless 

 materials for epicurism, among which brawn is 

 a kind peculiar to England* The flesh of the 

 hog is an article of the first importance to a 

 naval and commercial nation, for it takes salt 

 better than any other kind, and consequently is 

 capable of being preserved longer. The lard is 

 of great use in medicine, being an ingredient in 

 various sorts of plaisters, either pure, or in the 

 form of unguent ; and the bristles are formed 

 into brushes of several kinds. 



This animal has been applied to an use in 

 this island, which seems peculiar to Minorca 

 and the part of Murray which lies between the 



* Hollingihed Descr. Brit. 10Q. 



