CONTENTS. 
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IV. THE GOAT. 
Natural History of the Goat; and relation of the Caprine with the An¬ 
telope tribes on the one side, and the Sheep on the other.—Early 
subjugation of the Goat, and its diffusion in the countries of Asia 
and Europe.—The Wild Species of the genus Capra.—The Ibices 
of the mountains of Asia and Europe ; their natural history, and 
aptitude to submit to domestication.—The Nubian or Abyssinian 
Ik ex< _The JEgagrus of the mountains of Western Asia and Sibe¬ 
ria ; its natural history, and affinity with the domesticated races.— 
The Jemlah and Jahral Goats of Central Asia.—The question of 
the origin of the domesticated races.—The varieties of the domesti¬ 
cated Goat.—The Goats of Thibet—of Tartary to the Arctic regions 
_of Hindostan and the Turkish dominions in Asia.—The Goat of 
Angora, and the Goats termed Syrian—the Goats of Africa—the 
Goats of Europe—of Greece, and the countries of the Mediterranean, 
of France, and the northern parts of Europe.—Characters and habits 
of the Goat in the domestic state—the milk, skin, hair, and flesh 
of the animal.—The Goats of the British Islands.—The Goats of 
the Highlands of Scotland—of Wales—and the western mountains 
of Ireland.—Causes of the diminished cultivation of the Goat in 
Britain.—The economical uses to which the Goat may be rendered 
subservient, . Pages 1—8 
y. THE HOG. 
HISTORY. 
Division of the Hog family into three groups—the first comprehending 
the Wild Hog, the Babyroussa of the Indian Islands, the Papuan 
Hog, and the Wood-Swine of Africa,—the second comprehending 
the Wart-bearing Hogs of Africa,—the third comprehending the 
Peccaries of America.—Natural history of the several species. > 
The Wild Hog, the original of the domestic Hogs of Europe, and 
of the greater part of those of Asia and Africa. Early subjuga¬ 
tion of the Hog, and facility with which the wild animals of the 
species resign themselves to slavery.—Early history of the Domes¬ 
ticated Hog, and the singular diversities of feeling with regard to 
the use of his flesh.—His universal extension over the Old Con¬ 
tinents, and his multiplication in the New.—Character and habits 
of the animal, and the erroneous judgments regarding them. The 
remarkable changes which his form undergoes under the influence 
of food and external agencies.—His vast importance as a means of 
subsistence to the human race, and his amazing powers of increase. 
_The modes of rearing and fattening the animal with relation to 
his economical uses, 
1.—THE WILD HOG. 
The habits of the Wild Hog in the state of nature,—his courage, strength, 
and boldness, exercised not for the purpose of aggression, but for 
self-defence.—Chase of the Wild Boar, and the courage and address 
of the hunters.—The changes that take place in his form and habits 
when subdued, greater than in any other known animal.—Exami¬ 
nation of the form of the Hog in the wild and domesticated state. 
_Crossing the domesticated breeds with the Wild race, 7-13 
2.—THE SIAMESE BREED. 
The wide diffusion of this race in the countries of the East.—Description 
of its form and characters.—The Chinese variety, its large intro¬ 
duction into England, and the effects of the intermixture in modi¬ 
fying the form and characters of the common kinds.—The degree 
to which the intermixture should be carried with reference to the 
economical results, . 13—14 
3.—THE OLD ENGLISH BREED. 
The general character of the older races.—The Breeds of the Highlands 
of Scotland, and those of the lower country, with large bodies and 
pendent ears.—The Breeds of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, 
and other eastern counties.—The Breeds of Sussex and Essex, of 
Northampton, Shropshire, and Hampshire.—The effects of the 
continued mixture of foreign blood with these and the other races of 
the country.—Notice of the Breeds of Holland, Belgium, France, 
Russia, and the United States of America, . . 15-16 
4.—THE BERKSHIRE BREED. 
Description of the Berkshire Breed, and the effects of crossing and re¬ 
crossing.—Its early improvement and present estimation. The 
limits to the profitable diminution to the size of the Breed.—The 
Breeds introduced from the countries of the Mediterranean,—the 
Maltese, and the Neapolitan. — The Breeds introduced from 
Africa, . • 17—18 
