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THE SWINE. 
We now come to a series of animals, a part of 
which, in its various races, fills a very important 
place in the general economy of mankind, the 
Swine, ( Sus of the ancients,) including the diffe- 
rent forms which this rather extended group 
exhibits in different countries, and which have 
received various appellations. The true Swine 
are very extended in their distribution, the sup- 
posed stock of our domestic breeds reaching over 
Europe, Asia, and the north of Africa, while it 
has been introduced and thrives in America, 
Australia, and the South Sea Islands. In Africa, 
we have also a variation of form in Phascoclueres ; 
in America, of Dicoteles ; and the South Sea 
Islands seem to possess a distinct species of true 
Sow, represented on plate XIX. Of these, only 
the true Swine have been domesticated or used 
for any economical purpose ; though there seems 
no reason to suppose, that either the Babiroussa 
or Dicoteles might not, with some trouble at 
first, become useful animals. 
