Clafs I. HOG. 41 



tip and tip. Noc the fainteft account Is left of the 

 exiftence of thefe animals, fo that they may poffjbly 

 be ranked among thofe remains which foffilifts dif- 

 tinguifh by the title of diluvian. We fhall leave this 

 queftion to be decided by the joint efforts of the natu- 

 ralift and antiquarian. 



Genus VI. The H O G. 



Species I, The HOG. 



Sus, fea Porcus domefticus. 



Rail f)n. quad. 92. 



Gefner quad. 872. 



Charlton ex. 14. 



Sus caudatus auriculis oblongis 



acutis, Cauda pilofa, Brif' 



Jon quad. 74. 



De Buffan Tom. V. 99. Tab. 6. 1 7. 



Klein quad. 25. 



Sus fcrofa,Z/«._/5y^. 102. 



Sus dorfo antice fecofo, cauda pii 



I o fa . Faun . Suec. 21. 

 Br. Zool. 19. 







NAMES. 







Boar. 



Sow. 



Hoc. 



'Brit. 



Baedd 



Hvvch 



Mochyn 



Fren. 



Le Verrat 



La Truye 



Pore 



Ital. 



Verro 



Porca 



Porco 



Span. 



Berraco 



Puerca 



Puerco 



Port. 





Porca 



Porco 



Germ. 



^ber 



Sauw 



Barg 



Dut. 



Beer 



Soch 



Varken 



Svoed, 





Swiin 





Dan. 



Orne 



See 





CCORD|NG to common appearances, the 

 hog is certainly the mofl: impure and filthy of 

 all quadrupeds : we ihould however refle6t that filthi- 

 nefs is an idea merely relative to ourfelves ; but we 

 form a partial judgment from our own fenfations, and 

 overlook that wife maxim of providence, that every 

 part of the creation Hiould have its refpedive inhabi- 

 tants. 



