760 



INDEX. 



Islands, and the purposes for which 

 they were employed, 719 early esta 

 blishment of coursing-matches, and 

 their influence in perfecting the cha- 

 racters of the British Greyhound, 720, 



Hackney, 604. 



Hanover, cream-coloured Horses of, 



604. 



Hare Indian Dog, 660. 

 Harrier, 741. 



Herefordshire Breed of Cattle, 362 

 notice of the older cattle of the county 

 of Hereford, and their general affinity 

 with the races of Pembroke, Devon, 

 Bussex, and Glamorgan, ib. forma- 

 tion of the modern breed by Mr Ben- 

 jamin Tomkins,"and the principles 

 of breeding adopted by him, 363-the 

 high reputation of the breed, and its 

 progressive diffusion, 365 its exter- 

 nal characters; its adaptation to the 

 purposes of grazing, but indifferent 

 milking properties, 366 the progress 

 of the Short-horned Breed into the 

 county $ and the comparative merits 

 of the two breeds, 367. 

 Hog, form of the, and the characters 

 indicative of the fattening property, 

 cxi his early history, and the singu- ' 

 lar diversities of feeling with regard 

 to the use of his flesh, 411 his uni- 

 versal extension over the Old Conti- 

 nent, and his multiplication in the 

 New ; his amazing powers of in- 

 crease, 414-5 the erroneous opinions 

 entertained regarding his conforma- 

 tion and habits, 416 his vast import- 

 ance as a means of subsistence to the 

 human race, 421 the modes of rear- 

 ing and fattening him with relation 

 to his economical uses, 422. 



Wild, natural history of the, 401 



his former abundance in the woods 

 of Britain, and his existence at pre- 

 sent in the forests of various coun- 

 tries of Europe, 404 accounts of the 

 hunting of this animal in the coun- 

 tries of the East, 405 the remark- 

 able changes effected on his form and 

 habits under the influence of domes- 

 tication, 408. 



Hogs, Siamese Breed of, 425 the j 

 Breeds of the Island of Papua or 

 New Guinea, and the South Sea 

 Islands, 428the Breeds of Holland, 



Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, 

 and Russia, ih. the Breeds of the 

 Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 

 429 the Breeds of Yorkshire, Lin- 

 colnshire, and Norfolk, 430 of Suf- 

 folk and Essex, ib. of Northampton, 

 Shropshire, and Rudgwick, 431 of 

 Berkshire, ib the Maltese and Nea- 

 politan Breeds, 433. 

 Horse, description of the bones and ex- 

 ternal muscles of the, Ixxi-lxxxii 

 his suitable conformation, whether 

 designed for the exercise of the powers 

 of speed or of draught, Ixxxiii in- 

 quiry into the origin and early his- 

 tory of the domesticated, 456 his 

 form, habitudes, and instincts, 463 

 influence of climate and food on his 

 form and temperament, 468 the va- 

 riety in the colour of his hair, 469. 

 Horses of Africa, 470 of Barbary, 472 

 of the countries of the Euxine and 

 Caspian, 473 of Arabia, 474 of Per- 

 sia and Caubul, 481 of India and 

 Thibet, 482-4 of Chiua, Indo- 

 China, and the Eastern Islands, 

 484 of Chinese and Independent 

 Tartary, 486 of Siberia, 488 of 

 the Ukraine, ib. of ancient and 

 modern Greece, 489 of ancient and 

 modern Italy, 490 of Spain, 491 of 

 France, 492 of Germany, Denmark, 

 Holland, and Flanders, 493 of Scan- 

 dinavia, 494 naturalization of the 

 Horse in America; his escape from 

 human control, and multiplication 

 in the state of liberty; the habits 

 of the emancipated herds, and the 

 modes of capturing them, 494 ac- 

 quisition of the Horse by the In- 

 dians, and the remarkable conse- 

 quences, 499 Horses of South Ame- 

 rica, 501 of Mexico, of Canada, of 

 the United States, and of the West 

 India Islands, 501-3 Horses of the 

 British Islands, 503 their employ- 

 ment in war-chariots by the ancient 

 Celtas, in the manner of the nations of 

 the East, ib. the colonization of 

 Western Europe by the Celtae and 

 Teutones ; and the occupation of 

 the British Islands by the former 

 people at the time of the Roman Inva- 

 sion, 504 account of the Roman In- 

 vasion and the Saxon Colonization, 

 and the small influence of these 



