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NATURAL FOOD FOR MAN.

less of fierceness and maliciousness, yet the evidences of grossness and stupidity are even more prominent.

It is true that the hog, in its domesticated condition, is a much more

Fig. 6.

HIPPOPOTAMUS.

filthy animal than in its native forest; and the bear, when left to its own dietetic instincts, is, compared with the domesticated hog, of cleanly habits; the argument, therefore, that the inhabitants of new countries are very

Fig. 7.

RAT.

well nourished on "bear-meat," has very little force when applied to the flesh of the equally omnivorous but artificially-fattened swine. The flesh of all animals is rendered worse by confinement, and, as food, still further deteriorated by the fattening process.