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are still maintained. In Europe, it might be supposed 

 that this was the result of human interference: but 

 this cannot be so to any marked degree, for it is not 

 to colour that the breeder generally looks, but to en- 

 tirely different qualities; yet these different types of 

 colour still prevail. 



For instance, though England and France are al- 

 most adjoining countries, the colours of French cattle 

 differ in a marked degree from those of our English 

 breeds; the appearance of the Swiss, or the Spanish 

 cattle, differs again considerably from either, both in 

 colour, and even in other physical peculiarities. In 

 the London cattle markets therefore, where specimens 

 of almost all the continental cattle are constantly seen, 

 an experienced English dealer can tell at once, when 

 he sees a beast before him, where it comes from. 



We have, however, mentioned these variations in the 

 types of domestic cattle merely because they exemplify 

 in a high degree these local peculiarities which run 

 through pretty well all the natural productions of the 

 great terrestrial zones. 



Now, the Bush Region is a country famous above 

 all others for the great number and variety of its wild 

 quadrupeds ; many of which, in Africa more especially, 

 are varieties peculiar to themselves, which do not occur 

 elsewhere. The great size and weight of many of 

 these animals also justly entitle them to take rank as 

 the most magnificent specimens of wild game which 

 the world contains. Some of the larger African ante- 

 lopes, for instance, attain proportions almost approach- 

 ing those of prize cattle, with which none of the 

 antelope tribe elsewhere will at all bear comparison. 

 Then as regards physical developments of shape, one 



