Chap. XVII. 
LAW OF BATTLE. 
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then the monarch of the chase/’ who had been lashing 
himself up for vengeance, came out and, in a short 
time killed his antagonist. He then quietly joined the 
herd, and long held undisputed sway. Admiral Sir 
B. J. Sulivan informs me that when he resided in the 
Falkland Islands he imported a young English stallion, 
which, with eight mares, frequented the hills near Port 
William. On these hills there were two wild stallions, 
each with a small troop of mares; ^^and it is certain 
that these stallions would never have approached each 
“ other without fighting. Both had tried singly to fight 
the English horse and drive away his mares, but had 
failed. One day they came in together and attacked 
him. This was seen by the capitan who had charge of 
the horses, and who, on riding to the spot, found one 
of the two stallions engaged with the English horse, 
whilst the other was driving away the mares, and had 
already separated four from the rest. The capitan 
settled the matter by driving the whole party into the 
corral, for the wild stallions would not leave the 
mares.” 
Male animals already provided with eflScient cutting 
or tearing teeth for the ordinary purposes of life, as 
in the carnivora, insectivora, and rodents, are seldom 
furnished with weapons especially adapted for fighting 
with their rivals. The case is very different with the 
males of many other animals. We see this in the horns 
of stags and of certain kinds of antelopes in which 
the females are hornless. With many animals the 
canine teeth in the upper or lower jaw, or in both, are 
much larger in the males than in the females ; or are 
absent in the latter, with the exception sometimes of a 
hidden rudiment. Certain antelopes, the musk-deei\ 
camel, horse, boar, various apes, seals, and the walrus, 
offer instances of these several cases. In the females 
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