Progeny 73 



"Which of the two theories, I would ask, is the 

 more probable, that of influence through affection 

 by foetal blood and metabohsm, or that which is in 

 accordance with the rules of nature? Undoubtedly 

 the latter, for the former is supported by no rules 

 or evidence and the latter by, if not direct, such a 

 mass of circumstantial and that drawn from anal- 

 ogy, that it is more than a hypothesis ; it is a chain 

 with a missing link." 



This article by Mr. Millais would seem not only 

 to give the average beagler an insight into the 

 realms of breeding, but show him what the bitch 

 undergoes in her nature wliile in season and its 

 possible effects upon her ability in the field at such 

 a time. 



