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and we find it mentioned in an ordinance of tlie Provost of 
Paris, dated as far back as tbe 15tb April, 1488. In 1813, it was 
established on tbe Quai de la Yallee. Prom there it was removed, 
in 1832, to the forage market in the Fanbourg Saint-Martin. 
In 1843, it again changed locality to the Boulevard Bourdon, 
between the Seine and the Place de la Bastille, where this market 
is still held. 
We have not yet finished with the innumerable products of 
the Pig. 
The hide, after having been tanned, is used by harness- 
makers, saddlers, and trunk-makers. Bottles for transporting 
and preserving wine are also sometimes made of pig- skins in 
Spain. 
The bristles are employed in the manufacture of tooth-brushes, 
nail-brushes, paint-brushes, &c. Lastly, the bladders serve for 
different uses in trade and in domestic economy. France con- 
sumes annually more than sixty millions of kilogrammes of pork. 
England and the United States of America probably more. This 
meat, when it is properly fed, is tender, savoury, full of gravy, 
and of an agreeable flavour. It is in Italy that we have most 
appreciated it ; the Pig is reared there under circumstances very 
favourable for producing agreeable and nourishing human food. 
At Borne, Bologna, and some other towns in the north of Italy, 
pork is said to be entirely destitute of the heating properties that 
it possesses in other parts of the world. 
During life the Pig is also made useful. Few are ignorant of 
the fact that it is man’s assistant when searching after truffles. 
It is principally in Perigord that it renders this service. When 
it has been trained to hunt for them, from its keen sense of smell, 
it discovers the precious subterranean champignon with great 
adroitness. As soon as the Pig has disinterred it, it remains a 
few moments motionless, similar to a Pointer standing on game ; 
but if it is kept waiting too long a time, its gluttony frequently 
gets the better of its training. A Truffle Pig, well taught, is 
worth about 200 francs. 
In Ebrmandy, Pigs are often tied to the foot of apple trees, 
that they may in a manner cultivate them by digging and turning 
up the soil round their stems. 
In certain parts of China, Pigs are used as beasts of draught ; it 
