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less Barbary dog, but the mischief had been implanted in the mother 

 and again about half the litter looked like pure Barbary s and the 

 other half like the short-haired progeny of the first father. 



McGillivray gives 16 the case of a polled Angus heifer which 

 bore her first calf to a short-horn bull, and was then served by a 

 black polled Angus bull. The calf from the last connection ap- 

 proached the short-horn bull in color and form, and grew horns. 



Dr. Wells, of Grenada, put a flock of white ewes to a choco- 

 late-colored, hairy ram, and the following year to a white ram of 

 their own breed. The lambs got by the last connection had fleece 

 more or less of a chocolate hue, and largely mixed with hair. 17 



Miles also gives 18 a number of cases of cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, 

 and hens which were similarly affected by previous impregnations. 



In a case known to myself, a dark-haired woman had, by a 

 red-haired man, an illegitimate son who had red hair like his 

 father. She afterwards married a dark-haired man and had by 

 him a second son who had red hair like the first. There have also 

 been reported a number of cases, more or less reliable (or unre- 

 liable) of white women who bore mulatto children and subsequently 

 bore white children having negro characteristics. 



REVIEW OF TELEGONY. 



With the exception of Cecil's remarks, all these cases appear 

 to refer to the effect of the first impregnation, though I know of 

 no reason why they should not apply to later ones. It is probably 

 true, however, that the first impregnation would be more likely 

 to influence the female than later ones, partly because she is younger 



(16) Sanders, "Horse Breeding." p. 52. 



(17) Ibid. 



(18) Stock Breeding, pp. 258 to 263. 



