Pigs With Solid Hoofs, And Pigs That Are Not Pigs

In Texas thero are pigs wboso hoofs re not divided like those of ordinary )igs, but are each in ono solid piece. If this is trae, it is a strange tliiug ; mt here's something that seems even hanger still : The Guinea-pig is not a pig, nnd there re no Guinea-pigs in Guinea. However, liere are plenty iu Guiana, and, as the ames of these places are vory mach like, perhaps peoplc got mixed in callng them. The places are far enough part, though ; buf, this yon can see by rour maps. At any rate, tho Guinea-pig is a sort f cousin of tho squirrel and rabbit, and s fond of potato and apple peelings, arrot-tops, parsley, and cabbago ; but 10 likes best the leavfisfrom tho tca-cot.