ON THE 



DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 



OF THE 



BRITISH ISLANDS: 



COMPREHENDING 



THE NATURAL AND ECONOMICAL HISTORY OF 

 SPECIES AND VARIETIES; 



THE DESCRIPTION OF 



THE PROPERTIES OF EXTERNAL FORM; 



AND OESERVATIONS ON 



THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BREEDING. 



BY 



DAVID LOW, ESQ., F.E.S.E., 



PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH; 



MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE OF SWEDEN, AND OF THE EOTAL ECONOMICAL 



SOCIETY OF SAXONY ; HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ECONOMICAL SOCIETY 



OF LEIPZIG, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE AND BOTANY OF UTRECHT J 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE " CONSEIL ROYAL D'AGRICULTURE DE 



FRANCE;" OF THE "SOCIETE ROYALE ET CENTBALE," &c. 



LONDON: 



LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS. 



