The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1
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1. Front matter2. THE VARIATION OF3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.4. CHAPTER 1.I.5. ANCIENT VARIETIES OF THE DOG—RESEMBLANCE OF DOMESTIC DOGS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO NATIVE CANINE SPECIES—ANIMALS NOT ACQUAINTED WITH MAN AT FIRST FEARLESS—DOGS RESEMBLING WOLVES AND JACKALS—HABIT OF BARKING ACQUIRED AND LOST—FERAL DOGS—TAN-COLOURED EYE-SPOTS—PERIOD OF GESTATION- -OFFENSIVE ODOUR—FERTILITY OF THE RACES WHEN CROSSED—DIFFERENCES IN THE SEVERAL RACES IN PART DUE TO DESCENT FROM DISTINCT SPECIES—DIFFERENCES IN THE SKULL AND TEETH—DIFFERENCES IN THE BODY, IN CONSTITUTION—FEW IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES HAVE BEEN FIXED BY SELECTION—DIRECT ACTION OF CLIMATE—WATER-DOGS WITH PALMATED FEET—HISTORY OF THE CHANGES WHICH CERTAIN ENGLISH RACES OF THE DOG HAVE GRADUALLY UNDERGONE THROUGH SELECTION—EXTINCTION OF THE LESS IMPROVED SUB-BREEDS.6. CHAPTER 1.II.7. CHAPTER 1.III.8. CHAPTER 1.IV.9. CHAPTER 1.V.10. CHAPTER 1.VI.11. CHAPTER 1.VII.12. CHAPTER 1.VIII.13. CHAPTER 1.IX.14. CHAPTER 1.X.15. CHAPTER 1.XI.16. CHAPTER 1.XII.17. CHAPTER 1.I.18. ANCIENT VARIETIES OF THE DOG. RESEMBLANCE OF DOMESTIC DOGS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO NATIVE CANINE SPECIES. ANIMALS NOT ACQUAINTED WITH MAN AT FIRST FEARLESS. DOGS RESEMBLING WOLVES AND JACKALS. HABIT OF BARKING ACQUIRED AND LOST. FERAL DOGS. TAN-COLOURED EYE-SPOTS. PERIOD OF GESTATION. OFFENSIVE ODOUR. FERTILITY OF THE RACES WHEN CROSSED. DIFFERENCES IN THE SEVERAL RACES IN PART DUE TO DESCENT FROM DISTINCT SPECIES. DIFFERENCES IN THE SKULL AND TEETH. DIFFERENCES IN THE BODY, IN CONSTITUTION. FEW IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES HAVE BEEN FIXED BY SELECTION. DIRECT ACTION OF CLIMATE. WATER-DOGS WITH PALMATED FEET. HISTORY OF THE CHANGES WHICH CERTAIN ENGLISH RACES OF THE DOG HAVE GRADUALLY UNDERGONE THROUGH SELECTION. EXTINCTION OF THE LESS IMPROVED SUB-BREEDS.19. CHAPTER 1.II.20. CHAPTER 1.III.21. CHAPTER 1.IV.22. CHAPTER 1.V.23. CHAPTER 1.V. (continued 2)24. CHAPTER 1.VI.25. CHAPTER 1.VI. (continued 2)26. CHAPTER 1.VII.27. CHAPTER 1.VII. (continued 2)28. CHAPTER 1.VIII.29. CHAPTER 1.IX.30. CHAPTER 1.X.31. CHAPTER 1.X. (continued 2)32. CHAPTER 1.XI.33. CHAPTER 1.XI. (continued 2)34. CHAPTER 1.XII.