30 THE PENYCUIK EXPERIMENTS. 



for by saying that they have descended from sires which 

 escaped from the ships of the Spanish Armada, 



Romulus, when a few days old, was the most attractive 

 little creature I have ever seen (Fig. 9). He seemed 

 to combine all the grace and beauty of an antelope and a 

 well-bred Arab foal. Instead of, like his sire, looking as if 

 freshly painted for a Lord Mayor's Show, he was faultless 

 Fig. 9. 



Romulus (seven days old), and his dam, Mulatto, 

 in colouring and in the disposition of the stripes, spots, 

 and bands. The body colour was chiefly of a bright 

 golden yellow, while the stripes and spots were of a rich 

 dark brown ; but what was especially remarkable was the 

 indescribable sheen of his coat, the dark bands being 

 especially lustrous. A casual glance showed that in the 

 plan of his striping Romulus was utterly unlike his sire. 



