INDEX. 



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events in altering the characters of 

 the ancient Horses, 506-9 the im- 

 portant changes effected on the Horses 

 of England after the Norman Con- 

 quest, by the importation of the 

 Horses of foreign countries, 509 

 the institution of the Course, and 

 its effect in forming a race of 

 Horses destined exclusively for run- 

 ning, and employed to communi- 

 cate their properties to the inferior 

 races, 512 Horses of the Zetland 

 Islands ; their resemblance to the 

 Horses of. Norway, and mixed line- 

 age ; their diminutive size and va- 

 rious colours ; their sagacity and 

 docility, 514 Horses of the Orkney 

 Islands ; their small size and various 

 colours, 516 Horses of the Outer and 

 Inner Hebrides, 517 of the High- 

 lands of Scotland, 519 of Wales, ib. 

 of Dartmoor, Exmoor, Hampshire, 

 and the older Forests of England, 

 520 the Pack-horses of England, 

 521 the Galloways of the Border 

 counties, 522 the Horses of Conna- 

 mara, in the west of Ireland ; their 

 Spanish origin ; the neglect of the 

 breed, and the means of improving 

 it, 523. 



Hunter, the progressive steps in the 

 formation of the characters of the 

 modern, 588 distinction between the 

 characters and form of the Race- 

 horse and of the Hunter, ib. the high 

 estimation in which the English 

 Hunter is held, and the great drain 

 of the breeding mares to foreign 

 countries, 590 difference between 

 the older system of hunting and that 

 now pursued, and the effect of the 

 increased speed of the modern chase 

 upon the characters of the Horses 

 employed, 591-5. 



Hj'asna, natural history of the, 624. 



Ibex, Alpine, 5. 



Caucasian, 8. 

 Nubian, 8. 

 Siberian, 8. 



Irish Breed of Cattle, Polled, 327 its 

 external characters, probable origin, 

 and the rapid diminution of its num- 

 bers from crossing with the Short- 

 horned breed, ib. 



Jackal, natural history of the, 650 his 



eminent susceptibility of domestica- 

 tion, 635. 



Jahral Goat, 10. 



Jemlah Goat, 9. 



Kerry Breed of Cattle, 309 its exter- 

 nal characters, excellence of its beef, 

 and its power of subsisting on scanty 

 food, ib. peculiar adaptation of the 

 Cows to the domestic dairy, and their 

 great value, on this account, to the 

 tenantry of Ireland, 310 inatten- 

 tion of the breeders to the preserva- 

 tion of the purity of the stock, ib. 

 origin of the Dexter variety of this 

 breed, ib. result of crossing the 

 breed with the larger races, and the 

 importance of maintaining its purity, 

 311. 



Kerry Breed of Sheep, 75 its external 

 characters, the quality of its wool, its 

 slow fattening properties, and the ex- 

 cellence of its mutton, 76 notices of 

 the ancient forests of Ireland, and the 

 change which the country has under- 

 gone by their destruction, 77 rude- 

 ness of the sheep-husbandry of the 

 bogs and mountains, 78 remarks on 

 the defective relations between land- 

 lord and tenant, 79. 



Leicester, New, Breed of Sheep, 190 

 its formation by Robert Bakewell of 

 Dishley ; the principles and practice 

 of breeding adopted by him, and the 

 eminent success of his experiments, 

 ib. question as to the original of this 

 breed, 193 its size, form, wool, and 

 property of arriving at early matu- 

 rity of muscle and fatness, 195 

 Bakeweli's system of letting rams on 

 hire, and its effect in extending the 

 influence and preserving the purity 

 of the breed, 196 examination of his 

 principles of breeding, 198 general 

 diffusion of the New Leicester Breed, 

 and its influence in improving the 

 other Sheep of the country, 199 

 remarks on the objections urged 

 against the extension of the breed, 

 200. 



Lincoln, Old, Breed of Sheep, 169 

 distinction between the Short and 

 Long woolled Sheep of England, and 

 the arrangement of the latter into 

 those inhabiting the inland plains, 

 and those inhabiting the fens and al- 



