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A ••rue discription of the Boar; and Sow, for the procuring a healthy and large Breed.
••f you design to have a good Breed, you must be curi∣ou•• i•• your choice, which is the man foundation of it; and particularly have a regard to the Boars, and Sows; the choice Marks of which, are these:
Let your Boar be well set, and short, his Mouth draw∣ing upwards but not over long, his Shoulders and Breast broad, his Thigs large and full, but short; his Stones even large, and hard, hanging down pretty low; his Br••stles thick, and strong; and for the most part, (as much as may be) bristling up, or standing upright; his colour white, or inclining to sandy.
As for the Sow, see that she be long and large of Body; he Sides deep, her belly large, with many Teats; her Buttocks broad, her Ribs long, and large; her Eyes small, he•• Head little, her Legs short; for though the long-leged S••ine appears well, it deceives the Eye, and is not so much for Profit, as the short, as to Substance, and Fleshy: Now for the Colour, there are good of all but black, though white is accounted the best; yet those that are only spotted with black, are not to be rejected.
Having thus made your choice; the next thing to be considered is, when it is most convenient to le•• your Sow b•• covered, which take in the following Section.