Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-31
CHANGES IN ANIMALS.

The tendency oforganized life TO put
ON new characteristics when subjected TO
new influences, Is most happily set forth
in the following extract from the last
number of the Methodist Quarterly Re-
view. The law here alluded 70 has an
important bearing upon the Unity Of the
Human Race. 1.-THE varieties among men
can be accounted for by a law OF change
now in action, the arguments against the
commonly received and Scriptural doc.
trine on this subject, are deprived Of near.
" all their force.
1.-The spaniards, when they discovered
this country, found none Of the domestic
animals existing here which were used in
Europe, They were accordingly intro.
duccd, and, escaping and strAyihg from
their owners, they have run wild In our
forests for several centuries. The result
has been the obliteration Of the charac.
teristies of the domestic animals, and a
70 appearance Of some Of the typal marks
Of the wild state, and generation of new
and striking characteristics in accommo-
dalton TO these new circumstances,
"rhe wild hog Of our forests bears a
striking likeness to the wild boar Of the
old world, The hog of the high noun.
tains of Paramos bears q striking resenI.
blance to the wild boar Of France. In,
stead Of being covered with bfislles, how
ever, as Is the domestic breed from which
he sprang, lie Is covered with q thick fur,
often crisp, and sometimes an undercoat
Of wool. Instead Of being white or spot.
ted, they are uniformly black, except in
some warmer regions whore they are red.
like the young pecarii The anatomical
structure has changed, adapting itself 70
the new habits Of the animal III an elon.
cation Of the snout, yaulting Of the fore
head, a lengthening ofthe hind legs and,
in the case Of those left on the island OF
Cubpgus. monstrous elongation Of tho
toes 70 half a span.
1.-THE or has undergone the same clan.
ges. In some ofthe provinces Of South
America, a variety has been produced
called 'pelones,' having very rare and
fine fur. In other provinces variety Is
produced with an entirely naked skin, like
the dog Of Mexico, or Of Guineas IN Co.
lumbia, owing 70 the immense size Of
farms, and other causes, The prsstice Of
milking was laid aside, and the result has
been that the secretion Of milk in the cows
~, ike the same tuhcttpN IN ObhtF hNihu-it
of this class, only an occasional phtnotne.
non, and confined strictly 70 the period Of
sucking the calf. AS soon as the calf Is
removed, the milk ceases 70 f0w, as ID
the case Of other animals.
"Thcse same changes bave taken place
in other animals. The Wild dog OF The
Psmpas never barks ss the domestic ami.
NAL does, but howls like the wolf The
Wild cat has lost the musical accom-
plishments Of her civilized sisterhood, and
gives none Of those delectable concerts 81
caterwauling that 50 often make night
hideous, and call down from irritable Is.
teners, curses, n not something heavier,
on the whole feline race. The Mid horse
ofthe higher plains 81 South America be-
comes covered with a long, shaggy fur,
and = Of uniform chestnut color. The
sheep Of the Central CoTdilleTas, IL not
shorn, produce thick, matted, woolly
fleece, which gradually breaks of into
shaggy tufts, and leaves underneath =
short. fine hair, shining and smooth, Ike
that Of che goat. and che wool never re-
appears. The goat has lost her large
tests, and produces two 81 three kids an
nnaily. The same changes have been
geese and gallipaceous fowls.
A variety has sprung Up called r1rnpless
fowls, which want from one 10 six Of the
caudal Ycriebrag ~
The same varieties have 80 ~