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them very predominant. The sow being afterwards put to a 

 boar of the same breed as her own, some of the progeny were 

 observed to be stained, or otherwise marked, with the chestnut 

 color that prevailed in the former litter. And, on a subsequent 

 impregnation, the boar being still of the same breed as the sow, 

 some of the latter were also slightly marked with the chestnut 

 color. What gives additional value to this observation, is, that 

 in the course of many years' experience, the breed in question 

 was never known to produce offspring having the smallest tinge 

 of the chestnut color. 



"5. Not the least striking examples, perhaps, of the phenom- 

 enon, are the two following, observed in the Sheep; — the first 

 communicated to me by my friend. Dr. William Wells, of the 

 island of Grenada — the other by Mr. William M'Combie, Tilly- 

 four, in Aberdeenshire : 



"A small flock of ewes, belonging to Dr. Wells, were tupped 

 a few years ago by a ram procured for that purpose from the 

 manager of a neighboring estate. The ewes were all of them 

 white and woolly. The ram was of quite another breed, being 

 (besides having other marks of difference,) of a chocolate color, 

 and hairy like the goat. The progeny were of course crosses, 

 bearing, however, a great resemblance to the male parent. 



"The next season. Dr. Wells procured another ram of precise- 

 ly the same breed as the ewes. The progeny of this second 

 connection showed distinct marks of resemblance to the former 

 ram in color and covering. And the like phenomenon, occurring 

 under the like circumstances, was observed in the lambs of some 

 other adjoining estates in Grenada, and was the occasion of equal 

 surprise and perplexity to the owners of the animals. 



" Six very superior pure bred JZac^-faced horned ewes, the 

 property of Mr. Harry Shaw, in the parish of Leochel-Cushnie, 

 in Aberdeenshire, were tupped in the autumn of 1844, — some of 

 them by a Leicester, i.e., a ■u)Ai<e-faced and polled ram, — others 



