Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-28


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CHANGES IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
INSTITUTE or FRANCE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
On The changes Which take place among domestic
animals transported from Europe to imerira
Mons ROlH read u memoir on The dGOre sub
jet.
The observations presented by the author
were made during ojourn Of six years in 60
lombia. aud collected in New Grenada, aud IN
part of Ven zueIa, from hr Sd 10 the l0lh
degree of north latitude aud from the 7Oih 10
tn" S0ih degree oil east longitude. Though this
space was rather limited, II offered field We
ry favorable for observation, beng lrayersed
through all its extent by the grand Coz dilleras
Of the Andes, divided in that part IN three
sins. so that one can study at some l.agns
distance the living animals of the sane species
the one in middle temperature of ten degrees
centimetres, aud the other IN a temperatur. .
30. Has not the establishment of anImals
transported in these regions been accomp ,nled
by any remarkable phenomenon Ouce uatu.
ralI2ei. have they remained such as they werr
in Europe aud If they have undergone some
durable change. may it not cast some light up
on that which they have at first experienced ~
pas ing from a savage to the domestic coHdl-
tiousl
Such are the questions which naturally pre-
sent themselves, and for the solution OF which
the author ad iuces great number Of obsetva.
tions relative TO animals of different species.
.uammJ erouy. The mamu' ferrous animals
tran ported from the old 10 the new word, are
the hog, the sheep the goat, the ass, the horse,
the COW aud the dog. They have nov he.
| come on the new Continent, mere numerous
than all the large indigenous quadrupeds of that
'egioo.
| The hog, when 'aised in the warm valley $,
where he wanders always in the woods seeking
wild fruits, which, at certain seasons compose
| all his nourishmenr, has lost almost all the
marks of domesiicuy He has by more than
/ half resumed the character oitre wild boar.
1t was t. the Island u ST. Domingo that The
! first hogs were taken, ia the year l493-one year
| year after the discovery OF America.
| In the following years hey were carried sue.
cesSivey 10 all the places where the SpanIards
contemplated settling and IN half a century
we find them from the 2oib degree OF n lat 10
45 degrees S lat. In no part do they seem 10
suffer from the change oil climate, aud from the
| first they were produced with the same facility
| as in Europe.
The establishment of large cattle offered more
/
the Admirable perseverance OF The first Colo
uists. The island Of ST, Domingo. here these
animals were Immediately carried brcame a
kind Of nursery, whore they multiplied piodl-
! gously, and from whence they were taken o
| Il r,ient parts ofTrra Firma. the coast OF Mex
10, and 10 the interior. OVIedo informs us, that
notwitbs' anding these numerous eSporihiiorS,
! herds OF 4 0r0 5pasts were commonly IN The
! island, only 81 wears after lis discovery. There
Fwere even herds of 5000 brass, aud according
! to AcOsta. 10 1857, the eSportahon OF hides
| from ST. Domingo only. was 80, 444. In the
same wear there was shipped from the ports OF
| New Grenada 81 35O-thIs was the sixty NH
| year after the taking OF Mexico, before which
the Spaniards could only occupy II III STATE oI
war.
| After the animals multiplied aud were not
! kept exclusively about The houses, II was fonnd
| necessary and even Indispensable mat CERTAIN
quantity of salt should bG put IN their iood, aud
| that il tbev di not find il in their plants, the
water. or in certain brackisb earths, which a
! bound in many countries, they became poor,
the females were less fruitful, aud the herd di
| minished rapidly. Even in places where AM
mails find sulli lent salt. il is OF advantage to
! give il TO them Il is means oil hab'thatihg
them promptly TO gather al a certain hour al
the place where thry are accustomed 10 Teet,
| dIu WHERE tHth kuON ii'J WIZ h"N '''''' = 80
be neglected they will dispense RAPIDLY and be-
come wild.
| IN Europe, where milk is an important article
oil produce from large (or black cattle, they
generally milk the COW from the moment she
| becomes fruitful, till she CEASES to be SO. Inns
practice constantly exercised on every one ior
many generations. has produced alterations IN
| the species the udders have acquired an I'M
mense size, and the milk continues 10 flow even
when the calf is taken from the dam thus
/ showing how animals as well rs vegetables are
| improved hy domesication and culture. ln
I Colombia a number of circumstances useless
| TO mention, have contributed to interrupt ihi'
practice-and only few generations have pas
sed since the organization, leit at Liberty. has
| assumed its original type. In Colombia, ior q
! COW TO produce milk, it is necessary that the
calf should suck her all day they are only sep
araed al night, and the milk then accumulated
| is only then taken from her. When the cal
ceases to snck she produces no more mix.
The ass, in the provinces where MIR. Rollr
| has had occasion 10 observe il, has undergone
but slight changes in his form and habits IL
certain places where little care is taken oil them
/ or where they are overworked, they are otlei
foalded deforned. In none of the provinces Vi
.ited by the author have they returned to tn
wild state.