The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under
Domestication, Volume II (of 2), by Charles Darwin

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

Title: The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)

Author: Charles Darwin

Release Date: May 20, 2009 [eBook #28897]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND
PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION, VOLUME II (OF 2)***

E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs, Keith Edkins, and the Project Gutenberg
Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)

Transcriber's note:

A few typographical errors have been corrected: they are listed
at the end of the text. The Errata on page viii, which were in
the original book, have been applied to this e-text.

Page numbers within curly brackets (such as {iii} and {27}
have been included so that the reader might use the index.

THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION.

by

CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S., &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II.

With Illustrations.

LONDON:
John Murray, Albemarle Street.
1868.

The right of Translation is reserved.

London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing
Cross.

{iii}

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

CHAPTER XII.

INHERITANCE.

WONDERFUL NATURE OF INHERITANCE--PEDIGREES OF OUR DOMESTICATED
ANIMALS--INHERITANCE NOT DUE TO CHANCE--TRIFLING CHARACTERS
INHERITED--DISEASES INHERITED--PECULIARITIES IN THE EYE INHERITED--DISEASES
IN THE HORSE--LONGEVITY AND VIGOUR--ASYMMETRICAL DEVIATIONS OF
STRUCTURE--POLYDACTYLISM AND REGROWTH OF SUPERNUMERARY DIGITS AFTER
AMPUTATION--CASES OF SEVERAL CHILDREN SIMILARLY AFFECTED FROM NON-AFFECTED
PARENTS--WEAK AND FLUCTUATING INHERITANCE: IN WEEPING TREES, IN DWARFNESS,
COLOUR OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS, COLOUR OF HORSES--NON-INHERITANCE IN CERTAIN
CASES--INHERITANCE OF STRUCTURE AND HABITS OVERBORNE BY HOSTILE CONDITIONS
OF LIFE, BY INCESSANTLY RECURRING VARIABILITY, AND BY REVERSION--CONCLUSION
... Page 1

CHAPTER XIII.

INHERITANCE _continued_--REVERSION OR ATAVISM.

DIFFERENT FORMS OF REVERSION--IN PURE OR UNCROSS