758 



of its fleece, and the prolificuess of the 

 females, 189. 



Dairy, the vai'ious destinations of the, 

 1279 its management when designed 

 for the supply of Milk, 280 for the 

 production of Butter, 281 and for 

 the manufacture of Cheese, 285 

 the cheeses of different districts : of 

 Gloucestershire, 290 of Somerset- 

 shire and North Wiltshire, 291 of 

 Cheshire, Shropshire, and Lancashire, 

 292 of the counties of York, Dur- 

 ham, Northumberland, and Derby, ib. 

 of Stilton, Cottenham, and South- 

 am, 293 of Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, 

 and Lanarkshire, ib. great import- 

 ance of the Dairy as supplying a large 

 part of the food of the people, 295. 



Dartmoor Forest Breed of Sheep, 82 

 its small size and long soft wool, its 

 wild and restless habits, and the ex- 

 cellence of its mutton, ib. rapid di- 

 minution in the number of the pure 

 breed, from crossing with the Leices. 

 ter and South Down breeds, ib. 



Deeb, Egyptian, 646. 



Denmark, Great Dog of, 723. 



Devon Breed of Cattle, 345 resem- 

 blance of the older breeds of the coun- 

 ties of Devon and Cornwall to the 

 cattle of the Welsh Mountains, ib. 

 naturalization of the Devon breed in 

 the high lands of Devonshire on the 

 southern side of the Bristol Channel, 

 ib. its external characters and affi- 

 nity to the ancient White Forest 

 breed, 346 smallness of the females, 

 and their deficiency in the power of 

 yielding milk, ib. the admirable 

 adaptation of the cattle to the pur- 

 poses of active labour, 347 the de- 

 fects of their form, and the gradual 

 removal of them through the increas- 

 ed attention of the breeders, ib., 348 

 the adherence of the breeders to the 

 red colour of the hair, and its effect 

 in ensuring the purity of the breed, 

 349 the South Devon variety of this 

 Breed ; its larger size and coarser 

 form, 360. 



Dholes of India, 648. 



Dingo of New Holland, 649. 



Dog, early subjugation and history of 

 the, 667 the great diversity in his 



form and habits, according to the ser- 

 vices for which he is employed, and 

 his peculiar race, 672 his habits 

 as affected by those of the people 

 amongst whom he lives, 675 the 

 acuteness of his senses of hearing and 

 smell, 677 his memory of places, 

 times, and events, 678 his delight in 

 the exercise of his natural powers, 

 679 his faculty of distinguishing 

 colours, 680 his aptitude to receive 

 instruction, 681 his faculty of com- 

 prehending the meaning of short sen- 

 tences, ib. his power of communicat- 

 ing his wishes and purposes to his 

 fellows, 685 his remarkable power 

 of observation, ib. anecdotes of the 

 sagacity displayed by him under dif- 

 ferent circumstances, 686 his ca- 

 pability of learning arts of deception , 

 688 his gratitude for benefits, and 

 resentment of injuries, 690 his at- 

 tachment to man, and fidelity to his 

 immediate master, 693 the Rabies, 

 or Madness of the Dog; and the symp- 

 toms attending the communication 

 of the disease to the human spe- 

 cies, ib. 



Dogs, wild races of: the Egyptian Deeb, 

 646- the Fennecs or Zerdas of Africa, 

 ib. the Dog of Beloochistan, 647 

 the Buansa of Nepaul, 648 the 

 Dholes of India, ib. the Dingo of 

 New Holland, 649 the Wild Canidse 

 of America, 659 examination of the 

 different theories advanced respect- 

 ing the origin of all the domesticated 

 races. 663 classification of the domes- 

 ticated races, 699. 



Dorset Breed of Sheep, 122 its exter- 

 nal characters, the quality of its 

 wool, and the goodness of -its mutton, 

 ib. the faculty of the females of re- 

 ceiving the male at different seasons, 

 and their employment on this account 

 for the rearing of house-lambs, 123 

 resemblance in the form of this breed 

 to the Spanish Merino, ib. diminu- 

 tion of its numbers in consequence 

 of the introduction of the Leicester 

 and South Down breeds, or of cross- 

 ing with them, 124. 



Drover's Dog, 710. 



Dziggithai, natural history of the, 452 

 his capability of domestication, ib. 



