WILD BOAR. 
not in America, Buffon says, till they were 
transported thither, and to most of the Ameri- 
can islands, by the Spaniards. These, in many 
places, have so multiplied, as to become wild. 
The Mahometans, like the Jews, consider 
swines flesh as unclean ; but the Chinese, who 
are extremely fond of pork, rear Hogs in nu- 
merous herds, and the flesh is their com^nonest 
food. The Chinese Hogs, as well as those of 
Siam and India, differ from the common kind ; 
chiefly, however, in being smaller, having 
shorter leg?, and affording a whiter and more 
delicate flesh. They are by no means uncom- 
mon in Europe ; and will intermix and pro- 
duce with the domestic Hog. The Hog of 
Siam has a greater resemblance to the Com- 
mon Hog than to the Wild Boar. 
Bi\ffon observes, that the ears furnish the 
most evident mark of degeneration ; for they 
become more supple, soft, inclined, or pendu- 
lous, in proportion as the animal is altered, or 
softened, by education, in a domestic state, 
from the Wild Boar, which must be regarded 
as the model of the species. 
