112 Life and Love. 



buffalo is buried in a mass of hair about the 

 shoulders and face; the Hon develops his royal 

 mane; beards and other growths about the face 

 and head are a common expression of the skin 

 activity in the mature maL-. 



Horns too, being a skin development, are sub- 

 ject to great variations. Certain deer develop 

 large horns with astonishing rapidity at the repro- 

 ductive season, these horns being apparently but 

 an expression of the intense vitality seeking means 

 of escape, for, the love-season over, these great 

 antlers drop off! 



In other creatures the horns are permanent, 

 but do not develop until the period of reproduc- 

 tive maturity approaches, when the horns of the 

 male show greater power of growth than do those 

 of the female ; in some species, as in certain sheep 

 and deer, the female is devoid of horns, only the 

 male indulging in this distinctly masculine outburst 

 of skin tissue. 



The teeth being developments of the skin, it is 

 not surprising to find excessive activity here dis- 

 played by some creatures. 



The wild boar indulges in one or even two 

 pairs of murderous tusks, which he finds very 

 convenient in disposing of enemies, and which he 

 does not fail to develop by exercise. 



The elephant, walrus, and seal express their 

 masculinity in the growth of the beautiful ivories 

 which man covets. 



