Also, back of the red-rimmed little eyes flickers the redder spirit of murder.
Locomotive engineers say a cow on a track is far less perilous to an oncoming train than is a pig.

The former can be lifted, by the impact, and flung to one side.

A pig, oftener than not, derails the engine.
Standing with the bulk of its weight close to the ground, it is well-nigh as bad an obstacle to trains as would be a boulder of the same size.

Lad had never met any engineers.

But he had identically their opinion of pigs.
In all his long life, the great collie had never known fear.