CHAPTER XXVIII.

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

DOMESTICATION--NATURE AND CAUSES OF VARIABILITY--SELECTION--DIVERGENCE AND DISTINCTNESS OF CHARACTER--EXTINCTION OF RACES--CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOURABLE TO SELECTION BY MAN--ANTIQUITY OF CERTAIN RACES--THE QUESTION WHETHER EACH PARTICULAR VARIATION HAS BEEN SPECIALLY PREORDAINED ... Page 405

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ERRATA.

Vol. II., pp. 18, 232, 258, for Cratægus oxycantha, read oxyacantha. ,, p. 98, 8 lines from top, for Dianthus armoria read armeria. ,, ,, 156, 15 lines from bottom, for Casuarinus read Casuarius. ,, ,, ,, 4 lines from bottom, for Grus cineria read cinerea. ,, ,, 168, 11 lines from top, for Oesculus read Æsculus. ,, ,, 300, 3 lines from top, for anastomising read anastomosing. ,, ,, ,, foot-note, for Birckell read Brickell.

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{1} THE

VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS

UNDER DOMESTICATION.

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