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then the " monarch of the chase," who had been lashing 

 himself np for vengeance, came out and, in a short 

 time killed his antagonist. He then quietly joined the 

 herd, and long held undisputed sway. Admiral Sir 

 B. J. Sulivan informs me that when he resided in the 

 Falkland Islands he imported a young English stallion, 

 which, with eight mares, frequented the hills near Port 

 William. On these hills there were two wild stallions, 

 each with a small troop of mares ; *' and it is certain 

 " that these stallions would never have approached each 

 " other without fighting. Both had tried singly to fight 

 " the English horse and drive away his mares, but had 

 " failed. One day they came in together and attacked 

 " him. This was seen by the capitan who had charge of 

 " the horses, and who, on riding to the spot, found one 

 " of the two stallions engaged with the English horse, 

 " whilst the other was driving away the mares, and had 

 " already separated four from the rest. The capitan 

 " settled the matter by driving the w^hole party into the 

 " corral, for the wild stallions would not leave the 



'' mares. 



Male animals already provided with efficient cutting 

 or tearing teeth for the ordinary purposes of life, as 

 in the carnivora, insect i vera, and rodents, are seldom 

 furnished with weapons especially adapted for fighting 

 with their rivals. The case is very different with the 

 males of many other animals. We see this in the horns 

 of stags and of certain kinds of antelopes in which 

 the lemales are hornless. With many animals the 

 canine teeth in the upper or lower jaw, or in both, are 

 much larger in the males than in the females ; or are 

 absent in the latter, with the exception sometimes of a 

 hidden rudiment. Certain antelopes, the musk-deer, 

 camel, horse, boar, various apes, seals, and the walrus, 

 offer instances of these several cases. In the females 



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