HOG 
HOG 
they not dlminlfhed for the fupport of man. Their 
flefh, fays Linnasus, is wholefome food for per- 
fons of athletic conftitutions, or thofe who habi- 
tuate themfelves to much exercife; but improper 
for fuch as lead fedentary lives: it is, however, of 
eeneral ufe, and furnifiies innumerable materials 
for epicurilin, among which brawn is a kind pe- 
culiar to England. In reality, it is an article of 
great importance to a naval and commercial na- 
tion, as it takes fait better than any other fiefh, 
and confequently is capable of being longer pre- 
ferved. The lard, or fat, is extremely beneficial 
in medicine, being an ingredient in various forts 
of plaifters ; and the briftles are formed into brufhes 
of various forts. 
The arts of fattening, rearing, guarding, and 
managing Hogs, more properly fall under the cog- 
nizance of the agricukurift: than the naturalift; 
they conftitute a branch of domefbic ceconomy, 
which, properly treated, may be extended to a 
great length : we fhall therefore only obferve, that 
where art begins, the hiftory of nature ought to 
end. 
The Hog is found in a domeftic ftate in all 
parts of the world, except within the frigid zones, 
and in Kamtfchatka. It is alfo found wild in moft 
parts of Europe, except the Britifh lOes, (where 
the breed is now extinft) and the countries north 
of the Baltic. They are very numerous in feveral 
parts of the Eafl, in Africa, and America; but, 
both in a ftate of nature and fubjcftion, they are 
unknown in climates exceffively fevere. 
Hog, Chinese; the Sus Chinenfis of Linnssus. 
The belly of this animal reaches almoft to the 
ground ; the legs are fliort ; the tail depends to the 
heels ; and the body is ufually bare, a peculiarity 
commonly obferved in the Afiatic fwine. 
Hogs of this fpecies are widely difieminated over 
the Oriental Ifles. They are found wild in vaft 
numbers in New Guinea, and die circumjacent 
ides: they alfo inhabit Gilolo; and eagerly refort 
to thofe places where fago -trees have lately been 
cut down, in order to feed on the remaining pith, 
wijich foon renders them very fat. 
It appears highly probable that this breed of 
Flogs was carried from New Guinea to the various 
newly-difcovered iflands in the fouth Pacific. 
They were firft introduced into the New He- 
brides, and thence into the Friendly Ides, the So- 
ciety, and the Marquefas : but all the iflands to the 
eaftward of New Guinea, and even New Cale- 
donia, a little to the fouthward, are deftitute of 
them. 
The flefli of thefe animals, when fed with plan- 
tanes, bread-fruit, and yams, is very delicious; but 
it is often too grofs for an European ftomach. Our 
navigators, however, fpeak in high terms of the 
many excellent repafts they derived from thefe 
Hogs. In almoft all the iflands recently difco- 
vered, they are facrificed to the fubordinate deities 
of the country; roafted whole, placed on their al- 
tars, and there left to decay. 
Hog, Guinea; the Sus Porcus of Linnseus. 
This fpecies is fmaller than the common kind, 
though of the fame figure: the colour is reddifli; 
the ears are long and fliarp-pointed; and the tail, 
which is deftitute of haii, depends to the heels. 
It has no briftles ; but about the neck and lower 
part of the back the hair is longer than on other 
parts of the body. This creature is a domeftic 
variety of the common kind, and it's flefti is faid 
to be excellent. 
The Siam Hog, defcribed by BufFon under the 
appellation of Cochon de Siam, is another variety 
differing very little from the preceding. 
Hog, iETHiopiAN; the Sus -.ICthiopicus of 
Linnaeus. The body of this animal is longer, and 
the legs are ftiorter, than in the common fow. It 
has fmall tufics in the lower jaw, and very large ones 
in the upper. Thofe of old boars bend up towards 
the forehead in a femicircuiar form. It has no fore- 
teeth; the head is large and broad; the nofe is 
broad, deprefl"ed, and corneous; and the mouth is 
fmall. The colour of the fkin is dufky; and the 
briftles are difpofed in little bunches of about five 
each: thefe are longeft on the beginning of the 
back and between the ears. The ears are large, 
fliarp-pointed, and internally lined with long whit- 
ifli hairs; and the tail, which is fmall and flat, is 
covered with hairs difpofed in tufts or bunches, 
and extends only to the thighs. 
Thefe animals inhabit the hotteft parts of Africa, 
from Sierra Leona to Congo; and they are alio 
found in the Ifle of Madagafcar. It is likewife pro- 
bable that the Hogs of Mindanao are of this breed, 
if the defcription of Dampier may be relied on. 
They live under ground; and burrow as expedi- 
tioufly as the mole, forming almoft inftantly large 
holes in tiie ground by means of their callous 
fnouts. They are very fwift and fierce; and can- 
not be brought to propagate either with the com- 
m.on or Chinefe fow. One of the iEthiopian 
Flogs, at the Prince of Orange's Menagery near 
the Flague, was turned out to a Chinefe fow, 
which it killed; and afterwards to a common fow, 
which it treated very feverely. Indeed, it's favage 
nature at laft proved fatal to it's keeper; for he 
died of a wound in one of his legs which this ani- 
mal, in it's wrath, had infliiled. 
Hoc, Cape Verd; the Sanglier de Cape Verd. 
of Buffbn. This fpecies has a long head; a flcn- 
der nofe; and ears upright, pointed, and tufted 
with very long briftles. It has two cutting-teeth 
in the upper, and fix in the lower jaw; fix grind- 
ing-teeth on each fide in both ; and twenty-four 
in all. The tufl;s are large, and of an ivory hard- 
nefs; and thofe of the upper jaw are thick, and ob- 
liquely truncated. The whole body is covered 
with very long fine briftles, efpecially about the 
belly, flioulders, and thighs, where they grow to a 
great length; and the tail, which is flender, and 
terminates in a large tuft, reaches only to the firft 
joint of the leg. 
This animal, which is found from the Cape of 
Good Hope to Cape Verd in Africa, grows to a 
very confiderable fize; and feems to be the fame 
v/ith the creature feen by Adanlbn, who calls it a 
boar of enormous fize peculiar to Africa. 
Hog, Mexican; the Sus Ta]acu of Linnaeus. 
This animal, called alfo the Peccary, in fome de- 
gree refembles a fmall Hog of the common kind j 
but it's body is lefs bulky; it's legs are fmaller; 
it's briftles are thicker and ftronger, and more like 
thofe of a hedge-hog than the common kind ; and, 
inftead of a tail, it is only furniftied with a flefliy 
protuberance, which does not cover it's pofteriors. 
From the flioulders to the breaft there is a band of 
white; and on the back a lump refembiing the na- 
vel in other animals, from which oozes a very fce- 
tid liquor. 
This creature, which is a native of the hotteft 
parts of South America, and fome of the Antilles, 
lives in forefts, but chiefly on the mountains; it is 
lefs corpulent than the common fow, and neither 
delights in mire nor marfliy places. 
The Mexican Hogs afiemble in great dioves. 
