INDEX. 



76S 



Musk Ox of North America, natural his- 

 tory of the, 214. 



Musmon of the Caucasus, 25 of Nepaul, 

 26. 



Neapolitan Breed of Swine, 433 re- 

 sult of crossing it with the Swine of 

 England, ib. 



Negro Family of Mankind, xli. 



Newfoundland Dog, 711. 



Norfolk, Old, Breed of Sheep, 114 its 

 derivation from the high lands of 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, ib. 

 its external characters, the quality 

 of its wool, and its affinity with the 

 Black-faced Heath breed, ib., 115 

 the excellence of its mutton, 116 the 

 system of crossing with the Leicester 

 and South Down breeds for the pur- 

 pose of obtaining lambs superior to 

 the native stock, and the effect of this 

 system in diminishing the number of 

 the pure breed, ib. its useful proper- 

 ties and defects, 117. 



Nubian or Abyssinian Ibex, 8. 



Orkney Islands, Cattle of the, 299 

 their intermixture in blood with the 

 Cattle of the Northern Highlands, ib. 



Ox, form of the, xcix the characters 

 indicative of the fattening proper- 

 ty, cii early domestication and his- 

 tory of the, 242 its habitudes and 

 instincts, 45-9 its multiplication in 

 the state of liberty in the plains of 

 South America, and the characters 

 and habits of the emancipated herds, 

 251 its size and form, as influenced 

 by climate, the supplies of food, and 

 domestication, 264 diversity of the 

 races naturalized in the British 

 Islands, 265. 



Papuan or New Guinea Hog, 428. 



Peccaries of America, Collared and 

 White-lipped, 399. 



Pembroke Breed of Cattle, 304 iden- 

 tity of its characters with those of 

 the White Forest Breed $ its colour, 

 size, and form ; the excellence of its 

 flesh, and adaptation of the females 

 to the dairy, ib. error of intermixing 

 it with other breeds, 305 affinity 

 of the other Mountain Breeds of 

 Wales with it, ib. the Anglesea 

 Breed ; allied in its essential charac- 



ters to the Pembroke, but of larger 

 size and coarser form, 306 the mixed 

 descent of the other cattle of Wales, 

 307 the means of improving the cat- 

 tle-husbandry of the countrj', ib. 



Penistone Breed of Sheep, 118 its ex- 

 ternal characters, quality of its wool, 

 and excellence of its mutton, ib. its 

 affinity with the Black-faced Heath 

 Breed, ib. the general inferiority of 

 the breed, and the adaptation of the 

 Cheviot Breed to the district occupied 

 by it, 119. 



Pointer, 743. 



Portland, Isle of, Sheep of the, 125 

 their small size, the quality of their 

 wool, and their delicate mutton, ib. 



Prairie Dogs of North America, 659. 



Quagga, Common, 449 Striped, 450. 



Race-courses of the British Islands, 538 

 Newmarket, ib. Epsom, 540 As- 

 cot, Goodwood, and York, 542 Don- 

 caster, &c., 543 the Curragh of Kil- 

 dare, 544 the practice of racing with 

 half-bred horses, and objections to it, 

 ib. inferiority of the Arabs and 

 other Oriental Horses for the Turf, 

 546 regulations relative to the ba- 

 lancing of the powers of the Horses 

 by weights ; and the former and pre- 

 sent practice of the Turf regarding 

 the weights to be carried, 548 private 

 trials of the speed of Horses and the 

 results of the practice, 550 the classes 

 of persons connected with the Course : 

 the Stable-boys ; their duties, ha- 

 bits, and the means of bettering their 

 condition, 553 the Jockeys ; their 

 qualifications, modes of riding, and 

 the system of wasting or training to 

 which they are subjected, 556 exam- 

 ples of this class in the case of Buckle, 

 Chifney the elder and younger, Ro- 

 binson and others, 559 the Training- 

 grooms, and public establishments 

 for training, 562 the Owners of 

 Horses, and influential supporters of 

 the Turf: the Duke of Cumberland, 

 Mr O'Kelly, the Earls of Grosvenor 

 and Derby, &c., 563 the Duke of 

 Queensberry, 565 the Prince of 

 Wales,566-Earl Fitzwilliam, Charles 

 James Fox, Sir Henry Vane Tem- 

 pest, &c., 568 the other classes of 



