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other hand, that the constitution, the chest and vital 

 organs, and the forehand generally more frequently 

 follow the female." 



Dr. Carpenter, the highest authority in Physiology, 

 says "it has long been a prevalent idea that certain 

 parts of the organism of the offspring are derived from 

 the male, and certain other parts from the female 

 parent ; and although no universal rule can be laid 

 down upon this point, yet the independent observa- 

 tions which have been made by numerous practical 

 breeders of domestic animals seem to establish that 

 such a tendency has a real existence ; the characters of 

 the animal portion of the fabric being especially (but 

 not exclusively) derived from the male parent, and those 

 of the organic apparatus being in like manner derived 

 from the female parent. The former will be chiefly 

 manifested in the external appearance, in the general 

 configuration of the head and limbs, in the organs of 

 the senses (including the skin) and in the locomotive 

 apparatus ; whilst the latter show themselves in the size 

 of the body (which is primarily determined by the devel- 

 opment of the viscera contained in the trunk) and in the 

 mode in which the vital functions are performed." 



On the whole it may be said that the evidence both 

 from observation and the testimony of the best practical 

 breeders goes to show that each parent usually con- 



