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external evidences of domestication. The heifer 

 that in spring was so much a part of the bam 

 family that she could hardly be made to step out 

 of your path and that would follow like a dog 

 with the hope of a word and a lick of salt, i% 

 capable of apparently forgetting in a few weeks 

 her age-long training and contact with man. I 

 have seen them sniffing the breeze with elevated 

 head and distended nostril and flickering ears, and 

 at sight of their one-time master bounding wUdly 

 away through thickets and over fences, nor hesi- 

 tating, if cornered, to turn and fiercely fight him 

 who under normal conditions they fully recognized 

 both as master and protector. Once having re- 

 verted to this condition, they will keep to the 

 woods by day and feed by night, and can be re- 

 claimed only by the art of the trapper or even the 

 hunter. Yet if brought to bay and established 

 under the care of man, the domestication of cen- 

 turies promptly reasserts itself and the old de- 1 

 pendence on man and trust in him comes back,' 

 completely. 



It ought to be said in passing that in this respect 

 at least, the domestication of sheep seems much 

 more complete than that of cattle. Sheep seem to 

 have more of dependence and something allied to 

 affection. They learn to answer to a calling-cry 

 much better than cattle and to follow and obey to 

 a greater extent. I have never known sheep, no 



