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THE PAPUAN HOG. 
no very good reason for this conclusion, and the 
breed would appear to be nearest to the Chinese 
variety, while the animal we have represented 
on plate XX. Sus hoiropotamus, is known by the 
figure of M. Demolin only ; but in other respects 
our information is nearly altogether deficient. 
We have used for our copy the representation 
above alluded to. 
In the races which have sprung up, the form is 
exceedingly varied, but, as among other domesti- 
cated animals reared for profit, a form of beauty 
founded upon that which yielded the greatest 
return, was fixed upon as the standard, and this 
we see in some of the unwieldy masses of flesh 
and fat, which are found in the stores of the prin- 
cipal breeders. 
