560 ON THE CHABBONNEUX TYPHOID DISEASE OF PIGS. 
She proved, however, on the whole, to be tolerably tractable, and 
he soon taught her what he wished by this system of reward and 
punishment. She quartered her ground as regularly as any pointer 
—stood stock still when she came upon game, and backed other 
dogs with great steadiness. When she came on the cold scent of 
game she slackened her trot, and gradually dropped her ears and 
tail till she was certain, and then fell down on her knees. So 
staunch was she that she would frequently remain five minutes and 
more on her point. As soon as the game rose she always returned 
to Toomer, grunting very loudly for her reward of pudding, if it 
was not immediately given to her. 
When Toomer died, his widow sent the pig to Sir Henry 
Mildmay, who kept it for three years, but never used it except for 
the purpose of occasionally amusing his friends. In doing this a 
fowl was put into a cabbage-net, and hidden among the fern in 
some part of the park, and the extraordinary animal never failed 
to point it out. Sir Henry, however, was at length compelled to 
part with this sow, from a circumstance as singular as the other 
occurrences of her life. A great number of lambs had been lost 
nearly as soon as they were dropped, and a person being set to 
watch the flock, she was detected in the very act of devouring a 
lamb. This carnivorous propensity was ascribed to her having 
been accustomed to feed with the dogs, and to eat the flesh on 
which they were fed. Of course there was no alternative — she 
was destroyed. 
Bingley s British Quadrupeds, p. 453. 
ON THE CHARBONNEUX TYPHOID DISEASE OF 
PIGS. 
By M. Roche-Lubin. 
The charbonneuse typhus of pigs does not always assume the 
same character. It oftenest attacks the male pigs, and, generally, 
the most vigorous and the best looking — without any distinction 
of age, and with a force and promptitude absolutely astonishing, 
for in the space of twelve hours I have sometimes seen a whole 
piggery succumb. At other times its progress is much slower — 
the symptoms are less intense and less alarming, and the veterinary 
surgeon, employed at the commencement of the attack, may promise 
himself some success. It will be advisable to divide the whole 
into different classes. 
