A. Because they have a fluent tongue, and a knack of scolding.
Q. How are they are dressed?
A. In gowns and false hair.
Q. What are the principal orders?
A. Three—Writers, Talkers, and Hearers, which last are also called Deciders.
Q. What is their general business?
A. To discuss the mutual quarrels of the hogs, and to punish their affronts to any or all of the drivers.
Q. If two hogs quarrel, how do they apply to the sisterhood?
A. Each hog goes separately to a Writer.