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parent may give either series of organs as above ar- 

 ranged — that is either forehead and organs of sense, 

 together with the vital and nutritive organs, or back 

 head, together with the locomotive organs." 



To show that among domesticated animals organiza- 

 tion is transmitted by halves in the way indicated, and 

 that either parent may give either series of organs, he 

 cites among other instances the account of the Ancon 

 sheep. " When both parents are of the Ancon or 

 Otter breed, their descendants inherit their peculiar 

 appearance and proportions of form. When an Ancon 

 ewe is impregnated by a common ram, the progeny 

 resembles wholly either the ewe or the ram. The pro- 

 geny of a common ewe impregnated by an Ancon ram 

 follows entirely in shape the one or the other without 

 blending any of the distinguishing and essential pecu- 

 liarities of both. 



' Frequent instances have occurred where common 

 ewes have had twins by Ancon rams ; when one exhi- 

 bited the complete marks and features of the ewe and 

 the other of the ram. The contrast has been rendered 

 singularly striking when one short legged and one long 

 legged lamb produced at a birth have been sucking the 

 dam at the same time.' 



As the short and crooked legs or those of opposite 

 form, here indicate the parent giving the locomotive 



