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HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION OF QUALITIES. 45
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We While Found Travellin Ourselve G In S...
common curious examp catw le hich as goes to the to support produce Mr of . a Orton Manx ' s theory cat and . Now the
for the ins Manx tance cat , t he s unlike reat length l other o ca f t t he in hind several le particulars sbut its chief ; as ,
peculiarity is , that g it has no tail . Dr . Wilson g says , , that where the Manx cat is the motherthe kittens have tails of a sort
hut where the _]\ _Janx cat is , the father , three-fourths of the ; i kittens s not have always no t tail o be at coun all . ted But it would locomo appear tive organ that , for the tail the
th Mar e fa quis ther Spon of t w hic B h eaufor was t had setter in dog his s and tables th e s mo pecies ther of a cub she , wolf ; this animal was also like a dog in appearance , hut had the
of tail this of a tail wolf , for . th It may creature be tha was t t he comp feroci le t t y lies impos in tor the , and possession dog as it lookedwas untameable in disposition . A female
cubalso t , he roduce of this y savag ueerlassorted airwas like her mot , herthe p wolf in q ce bu y t wore a p dog , ' s tailand
, appearan ; , c oddl harac y ter enoug and h , in was herited not onl with t this ame appendage and docile the but canine even
importunate , for caresses and familiar y notice . , be breed It hoped need like this hardl for no y and be perfe sa the c id t or that distin decen from ctive tly well an charm impure -bred and dog and could endearing inongrel ever
; s ex disp osi ted tion to of cro u my t in grea her t grandmoth descendant er s for the wolf hundred " might be to
come p . This brings p to our memory something of the years same an kind connected doubtedl with hih shorthorns -bred shorthorned . If a spot heife of r black or bull appears the fac in t
is regarded with y dis g may by the owner , and disqual , ifies the consideration animal for o of all possible d all , purchasers both in . hi Australia s eyes an is d generall in the
tradition the ultima is te th at lum the devil for any was cattle , by some so disfi unha gured ppy . acc The iden current t , the y doub father t of it the ht first to black be -pied arded shorthorn sufficientl ; and his mark is as no
n brand ize pedigree wi . th Wisel oug ext of reme y and the and naturall animals , j reg ealou y b , s therefore care wh as ich t a th , all accuracy agriculturis intend y disqualif to purity ts scruti agate ying of
their stock ; and as a further y point , these ey ought not prop only to keep good company , but they ought never to have kept any
operation other . Very of some curious laws examp of h les ysiol have not occurred yet ascertained in which has the
caused unexpected and rather p unfortu ogy nate results . In , one well-known instance a thorough-bred English mare had a
this its mule shoulders mare by a q produced uagga . Three , and fo times als it had marked within the distinctive like the the seven quagg quagga years a , thoug following marks _-li the on ,
Hereditary Transmission Of Qualities. 45
HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION OF QUALITIES . 45
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 45, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/45/
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