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the flesh for market, smoked and packed in aromatic 
leaves. ‘ The swine fed at crawles were in very 
great plenty.’ The crawles had clusters of sties 
built expressly for feeding and breeding them, and 
were committed to the care of the same class of men 
described as hunters, — white servants, Indian peons, 
and negro slaves. ‘ The swine came home every 
night in several hundreds from feeding on the wild 
fruits in the neighbouring woods, on the third sound 
of a conch-shell, when they were fed with some 
Indian corn thrown in amongst them ; and let out 
the next morning, not to return till night, or that 
they heard the sound of the shell.’ These remote 
plantations were very profitable. They afforded a 
constant and numerous supply for the market, which 
at this time must have still continued considerable, 
‘ It was not a small diversion to me,’ says Sloane, 
‘ to see these swine in the woods, on the first sound 
of the shell, which is like a trumpet, to lift up their 
heads from the ground where they were feeding, and 
prick up their ears to hearken for the second, which, 
so soon as they heard, they would begin to make 
some movements homewards ; and, on the third 
sound, they w’ould run wdth all their speed to the 
place where the overseer used to throw their corn. 
They are called home every night, and also when 
such of them as are fit for market are wanted, and 
seem to be as much, if not more, under command 
and discipline than any troops I ever saw.’^ 
‘‘ Though cattle were so numerous in the savannas, 
and were running unreclaimed in the forests, and 
* Introd. ; xvi. and xvii. 
