he engraver, they were all examined by the best judges in
each department. In none of the groups, however, have I aimed at an
exhaustive representation of all the varieties: I have merely introduced
representatives of as many as the page would in each case accommodate.

[Illustration: FIG. 91.--Pigeons. Drawn from life (prize
specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 92.--Pigeons, continued. Drawn from life (prize
specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 93.--Fowls. Drawn from life (prize specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 94.--Fowls, continued. Drawn from life (prize
specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 95.--Pair of Japanese Fowls, long-tailed breed.
Drawn from stuffed specimens in the British Museum.]

[Illustration: FIG. 96.--Canaries. Drawn from life (prize
specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 97.--Sebastopol, or Frizzled Goose. Drawn from a
photograph.]

[Illustration: FIG. 98.--The Dingo, or wild dog of Australia, 1/10
nat. size. Drawn from life (_Zoological Gardens_).]

[Illustration: FIG. 99.--Dogs. Drawn from life (prize specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 100.--Dogs, continued. Drawn from life (prize
specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 101.--The Hairless Dog of Japan, 1/10 nat. size.
Drawn from a photograph kindly lent for the purpose by the
proprietor.]

[Illustration: FIG. 102.--The skull of a Bull-dog compared with that
of a Deerhound. Drawn from nature.]

[Illustration: FIG. 103. Rabbits. Drawn from life (prize
specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 104.--Horses. Drawn from life (prize
specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 105.--Sheep. The illustrations are confined to
British breeds. Drawn from life (prize specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 106.--Cattle. The illustrations are confined to
British breeds. Drawn from life (prize specimens).]

[Illustration: FIG. 107.--Wild Boar contrasted with a modern
Domesticated Pig. Drawn from life (_Zoological Gardens_, and prize
specimen).]

The exigencies of space have prevented, in some of the groups, strict
adherence to a uniform scale--with the result that contrasts between
different breeds in respect of size are not adequately rendered. This
remark applies especially to the dogs; for although the artist has
endeavoured to draw them in perspective, unless the distance between
those in the foreground and those in the background is understood to