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 Œsculus read Æsculus.
,, ,, 300, 3 lines from top, for anastomising read anastomosing.
,, ,, ,, foot-note, for Birckell read Brickell.
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