The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-12
ABORIGINAL rosns AND ASPECT or ASMALs.-7

ABORIGINAL fosns AND ASPECT or AklMALs-lLe
aboriginal form and type Of ANY animal whatever s
scarcely possible for Us 20 know. Even thfy vI
contend Tor the descent e the human race from .
gle paIr must be gneyousiy al lOss erecting iU,
sature the Color aud the figure OF the fret MAJ al
The first woman. A European artist would double
less, invest hen with the nobes classical pfuI De-
uons, aud the finest European complexion. Thea.
mean, ceItoinly would picture them az ntgrues o
the same manner, we are IN condition 10 say Wl.t
the precise appearance of the aboriginal hDr-. W
dog With regard TO animals which have never been
domestcaled, there might be somewhat u,l,r
chance of our approximating 10 the uuth. But even
these have their varieties and we are viii, u lie
means Of positively asceTtalDiDg whether those taf,
lies were aboriginal or whether they were lhe grad
ual result of subsequent accidents and Influence
u ndeI these circumstances must content Ourst,,,
with the best evidence We are able 10 procure. NV
every cogent evidence has been copously suprIrd i8
US IRON various sources; but more especially Jy h,
first conquerlIs OF America who, from time to liu,
coljnized the world With tribes of dOnestcslet
European animals
Their multiplied exceedingly, aud sey,ral
of them Wild 10 the vast forests of Amenca uI
all the traces OF domesication were gradually worn
uut. But the change which came over them Al.
been found to be, not merely change from tame
ness 10 wIldness nor merely fom the condlt VA of
dependence to that of chartered lberlnes le0 ia
subsist by their wits, and 10 gain their live lihoud O.,
they could II IS a manifest and papable change Of
ply seal quality and structure and, most probably
II is no other than restora ion 10 the likeues. M
which their families were first created. To begin
with the hog. IL pears that, towards the end of
the fifteenth CENTURY, cargoes OF pigs Successive
y introduced into the Spanish settlements II
would that they found themselves pc fectls al
home IN their new location for they multiplied So
rapidly that, IN the course of half century, they
spread from the twenty-fhh degree of north a,i.
tude, 10 the fortieth cegree south. And what la,
been the RESULT All traces Of the domestic poker
are gone and instead of them we have the appear
ance Of the genuine wild boar Their ears have be.
come erect; their heads greatly enlarged; Their
oreheads vauted at the upper part all yarlety
of color has been lost They are either uniformly
black uniformly red, according to the regions the
nbab,. And lastly, which is the most important
particular Of all, the difference of form between he
skull Of the domestic hog and that Of his unciyilzed
descendants, almost equal 10 the difference between
the Uranium Of the Apollo Belvidere and a Uranium
from the south of the mountains Of the moon.
Some parts Of America are overrun with herd,
OF wild horses and here, again, the al Grafton
consequent upon the change Of habits AID circum.
stances is emnentIy striking. The various colors Of
the tame breeds have wholly disappeared They
have been superseded by an almost uniform hue-a
dun, chestnut, bay-brown. The hair is rough
TO make them hideous; the name come, lower
down upon the shoulder; the head is larger than that
Of the domesticated horse, and the forehead Of
round and arched form the limbs are stronger tie
back is less arcbed and straghier the hoof is small
er and more pointed the ears are longer and ste
bent more lorward.-Enghsh Quarterly.