INTERESTING FEATURES IN HORSES, ETC. 175 



The Inyala Antelope [Tragelaphiis angasii) has a roan body 

 and tan hands and feet. 



The Waterbuck {Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is roan, with brown 

 hands and feet. 



Then the ' Bontd bok ' {Damalis pycargd) is still more interest- 

 ing, for it has a white blaze on its forehead, like that of the Horse, 

 and also white hands and feet. 



I do not think that the doctrine of natural selection will help 

 us much in deciphering these hieroglyphics. 



The old Dutch Horse with white hands and feet and forehead 

 blaze, which was introduced into England and much esteemed, 

 may explain why there are so many Horses with these features in 

 England ; but it does not explain in the least why the old Dutch 

 Horse had these features ; or why, when the black Horse changes 

 into dun, he gets black hands and feet, instead of white, and often 

 also a black blaze instead of a white one. 



Is there then no explanation of these contrasts of colours, such 

 for instance as those of a black Horse, with white hands and 

 feet? 



It will perhaps be more convenient to take a broader view of 

 these contrasted colours in certain parts of animals. 



As I have said, the Horse has frequently its hands and feet 

 differently coloured from the rest of the body ; the Dog has 

 frequently tan-coloured hands and feet, and a black body, or white 

 hands and feet and a tan-coloured body ; I have seen a white Goat 

 with black hands and feet. But besides these contrasts of the 

 hands and feet, there are others which we find in various animals. 

 The lips, up to a certain point round the mouth, a circle round the 

 eyes, a circle round the base of the ears, and a space round the 

 vent, are all frequently of a colour which forms a great contrast 

 with the surrounding ground. 



