rt a very interesting discussion on their origin.

[90] 'Fauna Hungariae Sup.,' 1862, s. 12.

[91] Isid. Geoffrey Saint Hilaire, 'Hist. Nat. Gen.,' tom. iii. p. 177.

[92] 'Proc. Zoolog. Soc.,' 1863, p. 184.

[93] 'Saeugethiere von Paraguay,' 1830, s. 212.

[94] 'Mem. presentes par divers Savans: Acad. Roy. des Sciences,' tom. vi.
p. 346. Gomara first noticed this fact in 1554.

[95] 'Narrative of Voyages,' vol. ii. p. 180.

[96] J. Crawfurd, 'Descript. Dict. of the Indian Islands,' p. 255. The
Madagascar cat is said to have a twisted tail: _see_ Desmarest, in
'Encyclop. Nat. Mamm.,' 1820, p. 233, for some of the other breeds.

[97] Admiral Lutke's Voyage, vol. iii. p. 308.

[98] 'Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, Mammalia,' p. 20. Dieffenbach,
'Travels in New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 185. Ch. St. John, 'Wild Sports of
the Highlands,' 1846, p. 49.

[99] Quoted by Isid. Geoffroy, 'Hist. Nat. Gen.,' tom. iii. p. 427.

[100] Ruetimeyer, 'Fauna der Pfalbauten,' 1861, s. 122.

[101] _See_ Youatt on the Horse: J. Lawrence on the Horse, 1829: W. C. L.
Martin, 'History of the Horse,' 1845: Col. Ham. Smith, in 'Naturalist's
Library, Horses,' 1841, vol. xii.: Prof. Veith, 'Die Naturgesch.
Haussaeugethiere,' 1856.

[102] Crawfurd, 'Descript. Dict. of Indian Islands,' 1856, p. 153. "There
are many different breeds, every island having at least one peculiar to
it." Thus in Sumatra there are at least two breeds; in Achin and Batubara
one; in Java several breeds; one in Bali, Lomboc, Sumbawa (one of the best
breeds), Tambora, Bima, Gunung-api, Celebes, Sumba, and Philippines. Other
breeds are specified by Zollinger in the 'Journal of the Indian
Archipelago,' vol. v. p. 343, &c.

[103] 'The Horse,' &c., by John Lawrence, 1829, p. 14.

[104] 'The Veterinary,' London, vol. v. p. 543.

[105] Proc. Veterinary Assoc., in 'The Veterinary,' vol. xiii. p. 42.

[106] 'Bulletin de la Soc. Geolog.,' tom. xxii., 1866, p. 22.

[107] Mr. Percival, of the Enniskillen Dragoons, in 'The Veterinary,' vol.
i. p. 224: _see_ Azara, 'Des Quadrupedes du Paraguay,' tom. ii. p. 313. The
French translator of Azara refers to other cases mentioned by Huzard as
occurring in Spain.

[108] Godron, 'De l'Espece,' tom i. p. 378.

[109] 'Ueber die Eigenschaften,' &c., 1828, s. 10.

[110] 'Domesticated Animals of the British Islands,' pp. 527, 532. In all
the veterinary treatises and papers which I have read, the writers insist
in the strongest t