see Sus, Guinea-Pig, see Mus,

MAMMALIA Index.

PIG of lead, the eighth part of a fother, amounting to 250 pounds weight.

PIGANIOL de la Force, John Aymar de, a native of Auvergne, of a noble family, applied himself with ardour to the study of geography and of the history of France. With the view of improving himself in this study, he travelled into different provinces; and, in the course of his travels, made some important observations on the natural history, the commerce, the civil and ecclesiastical government of each province. These observations were of great use to him in compiling the works he has left behind him, of which the chief are, 1. An Historical and Geographical Description of France; the largest edition of which is that of 1753, in 15 vols. 12mo. It is the best work which has hitherto appeared upon that subject, though it contains a great number of inaccuracies and even errors. 2. A Description of Paris, in 10 vols. 12mo; a work equally entertaining and instructive, and much more complete than the description given by German Brice: besides, it is written with an elegant simplicity. He published an abridgement of it in 2 vols. 12mo.