CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTORY. ... . . i 



I. MAN AND NATURE i 



Scotland particularly fitted for our study Methods of enquiry Main 

 directions of man's influence. 



II. SCOTLAND AS MAN FOUND IT 6 



The arrival of man Physical condition of Scotland Climate and 

 vegetation Animal life. 



PART I 



MAN'S DELIBERATE INTERFERENCE 



WITH ANIMAL LIFE .... 23 



CHAPTER II 



THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS . .27 

 General effects of domestication Lines of argument The beginnings 

 of domestication. 



I. SHEEP IN SCOTLAND 35 



The wild ancestors of domestic sheep Primitive Scottish sheep, the 

 sheep of Soay and the peat or turbary sheep of Shetland, their early 

 recorded histories and primitive characteristics Modern breeds, as 

 illustrating changes induced by man Improvement of wool in Scot- 

 land. 



II. CATTLE IN SCOTLAND 49 



Native wild cattle : the Urus, its distribution, characteristics and 

 domestication Earliest domesticated cattle : the Celtic Shorthorn, its 

 introduction, characteristics and domestic status Modern Scottish 

 cattle, as exemplifying the influence of man The " Wild White Cattle," 

 an offshoot from a domesticated race. 



III. THE HORSE IN SCOTLAND 68 



Native horses Domesticated horses in prehistoric and early historic 

 Scotland Influences which have modified the native race Ponies of 

 the Hebrides Shetland " shelties " Horses of the mainland : Norse 

 influence; " Wild horses "; Breeding and interbreeding in the Middle 

 Ages and later The modern Clydesdale. 



