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INDEX. 



persons who support the Turf for the 

 purposes of amusement and gambling, 

 569 remarks on the institution of 

 the Course as a system of Public 

 Games, 570 and on the fraudulent 

 practices which have been introduced 

 into it, as the withdrawing of horses, 

 the running to lose, deceptive trials, 

 the getting up of favourites, the 

 betting by jockeys and trainers, 573 

 continued exemplification of these 

 abuses in the proceedings of the 

 modern Turf, and the propriety of 

 legislative interference in order to 

 curb them, 578 remarks on the in- 

 jurious effects of the present system 

 of Short races, and running the Colts 

 before they have acquired the neces- 

 sary maturity of bone and muscle, 

 584. 



Race-horse, the progressive steps in the 

 formation of the characters of the 

 modern, 512 notices of the principal 

 Horses which have contributed to 

 that end, and their distinction on the 

 Turf: the White and Byerly Turks, 

 Herod, the Darley Arabian, the Fly- 

 ing Childers, Eclipse, the Godolphin 

 Barb, Lath, and Matchem, 527 re- 

 cording of the pedigrees of the Horses 

 of the Turf, and its importance in 

 preserving the purity of descent, 531 

 the conformation and colour of the 

 Race-horse, 533 his rearing, educa- 

 tion, and training, 535. 



Radnor Breed of Sheep, 66 its affinity 

 with the Breed of the Higher Welsh 

 Mountains, ib. 



Rocky-Mountain Sheep, 24. 



Romney Marsh Breed of Sheep, 174 

 description of the alluvial district of 

 the Romney Marsh, 175 characters 

 of the ancient race of Sheep reared 

 upon it, 176 the changes effected on 

 them by intermixture with the New 

 Leicester Breed, 177 examination 

 of the arguments used against the 

 introduction of the New Leicester 

 Breed, 178. 



Ry eland Breed of Sheep, 155 account 

 of the district of the Rj r elands, and 

 origin of the breed, ib. fineness of 

 its wool, and the system formerly 

 practised in order to preserve and 

 increase it, 156 its small size, good 

 form, and the excellence of its mut- 



ton, 157 failure of the experiments 

 in crossing it with the Spanish Meri- 

 nos, 158 progressive diminution in 

 its numbers, in consequence of the 

 introduction of more valuable breeds, 

 159 notices of the minor varieties of 

 this breed, 159. 



Scotland, ancient Soft-woolled Sheep 

 of, 63 their external characters, 

 wild habits, and hardy properties, ib. 

 Setter, 744. 



Sheep, form of the, cvii the characters 

 indicative of the property of fatten- 

 ing readily, and of the faculty of pro- 

 ducing wool, cix its external cha- 

 racters, as distinguished from those 

 of the Goat, 22 the Wild species : 

 the Argali of Asia, 23 the Rocky- 

 Mountain Sheep, 24 the Bearded 

 Argali, ib. the Musmon of the Cau- 

 casus, 25 the Mouflon d'Afrique, ib. 

 the Musmon of Nepaul, 26 question 

 of the origin of the domesticated 

 races, 27 their ancient subj ugation 5 

 and early acquaintance of the people 

 of the East with the arts of weaving 

 and dyeing their wool, 28 influence 

 of domestication upon its characters 

 and habits, 30 variety in the proper- 

 ties and colour of its wool, 32 diver- 

 sities of the domesticated races, 33 

 the flat- tailed sheep of Asia, the short- 

 tailed Sheep of Northern Asia,and the 

 large-tailed Syrian or Turkish Sheep, 

 ib. the fat-rumped Sheep of the 

 countries of the Caspian, 34 the 

 Sheep of Persia, Tartary, China, and 

 the Eastern Islands,35 the Sheep of 

 Hindostan, 36 the Sheep of North- 

 ern Africa, of the countries of the Red 

 Sea, and of Western and Southern 

 Africa, ib. the Sheep of ancient 

 Europe, and inquiry as to the time 

 and mode of their introduction into it, 

 37 the short-tailed Sheep of North- 

 ern Europe, and thepolycerate Sheep 

 of Iceland, 38 the Sheep of Euro- 

 pean Turkey, Greece, and the Islands 

 of the Archipelago, 39 of the coun- 

 tries of the Danube, ib. of ancient 

 and modern Italy, and of Sicily, ib. 

 of Spain, 40 of the British 

 Islands, 41. 



Shepherd's Dog, 706. 



Short-horned Breed of Cattle, 379 



