148 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



ceflary to keep off the male, as he would deftroy the 

 whole litter. 



The mo ft numerous breed of Hogs in this ifland is 

 that generally known by the name of the Berk/hire Pigs, 

 now fpread through almoft every part of England, and 

 fome parts of Scotland. They are in general of a red- 

 difh-brown colour, with black fpots upon them ; have 

 large ears hanging over their eyes ; are fhort-legged, 

 fmall-boned, and are readily made fat. Some of thefe 

 have been fed to an almoft incredible fize. Mr Culley, 

 in his Treatife on Live Stock, gives an account of one 

 that was killed at Congleton in Chefhire, which mea- 

 fured, from the nofe to the end of the tail, three yards 

 eight inches ; in height, it was four feet a.nd a half ; and 

 weighed, after it was killed, eighty-fix (tones eleven 

 pounds, avoirdupoife. 



The Chinefe or black breed are now very common in 

 England. They are fmaller, have fhorter legs, and their 

 flefh is whiter and fweeter than the common kind. — Of 

 this fort were thofe found in New Guinea, which proved 

 fo feafonable a relief to our circumnavigators, when that 

 country was firft vifited by them.— There are likewife 

 great numbers of them in the Friendly and Society Ifles, 

 the Marquefas, and many other of the newly-difcovered 

 iflands in the South feas. Thefe are fed with plantains, 

 bread-fruit, and yams, and are exceedingly fat. They 

 are frequently feen by the natives in their canoes, fwim- 

 ming from one ifland to another, and killed by them 

 with lances and arrows. 



The Hog fpecies, though very numerous, and diffufed 

 over Europe, Afia, and Africa, did not exift in America, 

 till tranfported thither by the Spaniards. In may places 

 they have multiplied exceedingly, and become wild. 



