CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. BREEDING AS AN ART . . . . - . 1 



II. HEREDITY OP NORMAL CHARACTERS . . . 11 



III. HEREDITY OF DISEASES . . . . .22 



IY. HEREDITY OP ACQUIRED AND ABNORMAL CHARACTERS 40 



V. ATAVISM . . ... . .66 



VI. LAW OF CORRELATION . . . . 83 



VII. VARIATION . -. - > . . .92 



VIII. FECUNDITY . . : f . * . . . " 108 



IX. IN-AND-IN BREEDING . . . . .137 



X. CROSS-BREEDING . . , . . 190 



XL RELATIVE INFLUENCE OP PARENTS .+ 215 



XII. INFLUENCE OF A PREVIOUS IMPREGNATION . . 255 



XIII. INTRA-UTERINE INFLUENCES . . . . 281 



XIV. SEX 296 



XV. PEDIGREE ....... 337 



XVI. FORM OF ANIMALS AS AN INDEX OF QUALITIES . 352 



XVII. SELECTION . . . . '. .385 



XVIII. PERIOD OF GESTATION 400 



