Note 10 — Chapter XIII · INHERITANCE continued—REVERSION OF ATAVISM.

Mr. Boner speaks (‘Chamois-hunting,’ 2nd edit., 1860, p. 92) of sheep often running wild in the Bavarian Alps; but, on making further inquiries at my request, he found that they are not able to establish themselves; they generally perish from the frozen snow clinging to their wool, and they have lost the skill necessary to pass over steep icy slopes. On one occasion two ewes survived the winter, but their lambs perished.