INDEX. 



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effected on it by the introduction of 

 the same race from Holland, 610 

 description of the modern Black 

 Horse ; its great physical power, but 

 deficiency in speed and action, 611 

 its extensive employment in the cen- 

 tral and southern counties for the 

 labours of the field, and for waggons 

 and heavj 7 carriages, ib. the Dray- 

 horses of London, 612 improve- 

 ments of which the breed is suscep- 

 tible, 613. 



Blood-hound, Old British, 734. 



Boar, Masked African, 397 its capabi- 

 lity of domestication, ib. 



Buansa of Nepaul, 648. 



Buffalo, Cape, natural history of the, 

 223 on the possibility of domesticat- 

 ing it, 229. 



Buffalo, Common, natural history of 

 the, 218 its economical value in the 

 state of servitude, 219 its diffusion 

 over the warmer countries of Asia 

 and Europe, 220 inquiry as to the 

 period of its introduction into Eu- 

 rope, 221 its extensive domestica- 

 tion in Italy, and its great value to 

 the inhabitants, &. inexpediency of 

 attempting to naturalize it in the 

 colder countries, 222. 



BulKdog, 728. 



Butter. See Dairy and Milk. 



Carding, description of the process of> 

 for preparing wool for being spun 

 into woollen yarn, 45. 



Caucasian Family of Mankind, xxxviii. 

 Ibex, 8 its probable iden- 

 tity with the Ibex of the Alps of 

 Europe, 



Cavalry Horse, 604. 



Cheese. See Dairy and Milk. 



Cheviot Breed of Sheep, 93 its deri- 

 vation from a range of mountains 

 in the north of England, ib. its 

 external characters and fattening 

 properties, and the goodness of its 

 mutton, 94 its hardiness, adapta- 

 tion to a country of mountains where 

 the grasses are produced, and its wide 

 diffusion, ib., 95 the weight and qua- 

 lity of its fleece, 96 the method of 

 rearing and treating the sheep in 

 the mountainous countries which 

 they inhabit, ib. the means of pro- 



viding winter supplies of food for 

 them by the formation of watered 

 meadows and otherwise, 102 the 

 importance of draining and enclo- 

 sures in improving their mountain 

 pastures, ib. the danger incurred by 

 them from tempests and falls of 

 snow, and the means of providing 

 shelter by the forming of planta- 

 tions or the erection of stells, 103 

 great economical importance of the 

 breed, and the attention of breeders 

 to its improvement, 113 the results 

 of crossing it with the Leicester and 

 South Down breeds, ib. 



Cleveland Bay Breed of Horses, 602 

 its adaptation to coaches, chariots, &c., 

 ib. formation of the breed by the 

 progressive mixture of the blood of 

 the Race-horse with the larger horses 

 of the country, ib. the great demand 

 which exists for it in London and 

 other opulent towns, and the large 

 exportation of it to other countries, ib. 

 the crossing of it by Hunters and 

 Thorough-bred Horses, and the pro- 

 duction of Coach-horses of a yet 

 lighter standard, ib. 



Clydesdale Breed of Horses, 615 its 

 affinity with the Black Horse of Hol- 

 land and the Netherlands, 616 its 

 size, colour, form, and superior pow- 

 ers of draught, 617 extensive diffu- 

 sion of the breed, and its great eco- 

 nomical value, ib., 618. 



Coach-horse, the Old English, 601 the 

 modern, ib. 



Combing, description of the process ofj 

 for preparing wool for being spun 

 into worsted yarn, 44. 



Connamara Breed of Horses, 523 its 

 Spanish origin ; the neglect of the 

 breed, and the means of improving it, 

 ib. 



Cotswold Breed of Sheep, 186 account 

 of the district of the Cotswold Hills, 

 and notices of their former occupa- 

 tion by a race of fine-woolled Sheep, 

 ib. the modern breed of the Cots- 

 wold Hills distinct from the former 

 race, and opinion as to the time and 

 mode of its introduction, 187 the 

 changes which it has undergone by 

 admixture with the New Leicester 

 breed, its size, the weight and quality 



