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parent, more particularly in the hair and length of leg. 

 Curious enough, the number of teats in some of the 

 cases corresponded with those of the goat. 



A cross between the male wolf and a bitch illustrates 

 the same law ; the offspring having a markedly wolfish 

 aspect ; skin, color, ears and tail. On the other hand, 

 a cross between the dog and female wolf afforded ani- 

 mals much more dog-like in aspect — slouched ears 

 and even pied in color. If you look at the descriptions 

 and illustrations of these two hybrids, you will perceive 

 at a glance that the doubt arises to the mind in the case 

 of the first, ' what genus of wolf is this V whereas in 

 the case of the second, ' what a curious mongrel dog !' 



The views of Mr. Walker in his work on Intermar- 

 riage, before alluded to, agree substantially with those 

 of Mr. Orton, so far as regards crossing between differ- 

 ent breeds ; but they cover a broader field of observa- 

 tion and in some respects differ. Mr. Walker main- 

 tains that when both parents are of the same breed 

 that eiiher parent may transmit either half of the organi- 

 zation. That when they are of different varieties or 

 breeds (and by parity of reasoning the same should 

 hold, strongly, when hybrids are produced by crossing 

 different species) and supposing also that both parents 

 are of equal age and vigor, that the male gives the back 

 head and locomotive organs and the female the face and 



