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INDEX. 



luvial country, ib. derivation of the 

 Old Lincoln breed from the fens and 

 marshes of Lincolnshire and the ad- 

 joining districts, 170 the coarseness 

 of its form, the weight and quality 

 of its fleece, its slow fattening pro- 

 perties, and the changes which it un- 

 derwent by crossing with the New 

 Leicester breed, 171 the Modern 

 Lincoln Breed, and its properties, 174. 



Long-horned Breed of Cattle, 367 its 

 naturalization for an unknown pe- 

 riod in Ireland and the western 

 counties of England ; and the dis- 

 tinction between it and the other 

 races of the country, 368 external 

 characters of the older breed, its 

 slow fattening properties, and the 

 adaptation of the females to the dairy, 

 369 improvement of the breed by 

 Mr Webster of Canley, and after- 

 wards by Robert Bakewell of Dish- 

 ley, "371 the principles of breeding 

 adopted by Bakewell in the forma- 

 tion of his improved breed ; its high 

 reputation, and extensive diffusion, 

 372-6 description of the Dishley 

 breed : its size, form, colour, and fa- 

 culty of fattening, 376 defects of the 

 breed: inferior quality of the beef; 

 tendency to the accumulation of fat 

 on particular parts of the body ; and 

 deficiency of the females in the power 

 of yielding milk, ib. decline of the 

 reputation of the breed in conse- 

 quence of its inferiority for the pur- 

 pose of grazing, 377. 



Long-woolled, Older, Breeds of Sheep, 

 180 the Old Teeswater breed, the 

 Old Warwickshire breed, the breeds 

 of the Western counties, and of De- 

 vonshire and Somersetshire ; and the 

 important changes effected on them 

 by admixture with the New Leices- 

 ter breed, 180-3 the Long-woolled 

 Sheep of Ireland ; their ancient cha- 

 racters, progressive improvement,and 

 present condition, 183. 



Malay or Polynesian Family of Man- 

 kind, xli. 



Maltese breed of Swine, 433. 



Mastiff, 723. 



Merino Breed of Sheep, 126 the cli- 

 mate of Spain, and the great diver- 

 sity of its surface and natural pro- 



ductions, ib. the foreign invasions 

 and civil convulsions of the country : 

 its conquest by the Carthagenian8, 

 127 by the Romans, 128 by the 

 Goths, 129 by the Moors, 130 its 

 ultimate restoration to the Christians, 

 the final expulsion of the Moors, and 

 the progressive decline of arts and 

 industry, 131-3 inquiry into the 

 origin of the Merino breed of Sheep, 

 133 its external characters, and the 

 peculiar properties of its wool, 136 

 its slow fattening powers, and the 

 inferiority of the ewes as nurses, ib. 

 the stationary and migratory Sheep 

 of Spain; and the injurious system 

 of management adopted with regard 

 to the latter, 138 history of the na- 

 turalization of the Merino breed in 

 different countries : in Sweden, 141 

 in France, 142 in Saxony, 143 in 

 Prussia, ib. in Austria, Germany, 

 and other countries of Europe, 144 

 in England ; unfavourable results of 

 the experiments; and objections to 

 the cultivation of the breed, 145 

 extension of the breed to New Hol- 

 land ; its prodigious multiplication, 

 the delicacy and softness of the fleece, 

 and the great importance of its pro- 

 duction in these colonies to the manu- 

 facturing interests of Great Britain, 

 150. 



Mexican Wolf, 661. 



Milk, chemical composition of, 267 

 use of it as food by the earliest people, 

 together with its products, butter and 

 cheese, 268 the milk of different 

 species of animals: of the Domestic 

 Cow, the Buffalo, and the Yak, 271 

 of the Camel, ib. of the Goat, 272 

 of the Ewe, 273 of the Rein-deer, ib. 

 of the Mare, 274 of the Ass, 275 

 methods of separating it into its seve- 

 ral products, viz., Skimmilk, 275 

 Butter and Buttermilk, 276-Cheese, 

 . Whey, 277. 



Mongolian Family of Mankind, xl. 



Mouflon d'Afrique, 25. 



Mule, his value as a beast of burden in 

 rocky countries, 444 his employment 

 from the earliest times in rural la- 

 bours and otherwise, 445 the breeds 

 of Spain, #>. expediency of extend- 

 ing his cultivation in the British Is- 

 lands, 446. 



