The Book of the World: Being an Account of All Republics, Empires, Kingdoms, and Nations, in Reference to Their Geography, Statistics, Commerce, &c; Together with a Brief Historical Outline of Their Rise, Progress and Present Condition, &c., &c., &c

Excerpt from The Book of the World: Being an Account of All Republics, Empires, Kingdoms, and Nations, in Reference to Their Geography, Statistics, Commerce, &C; Together With a Brief Historical Outline of Their Rise, Progress and Present Condition, &C., &C., &C

The domestic animals deserve more notice. The black cattle of Europe have attained to the highest perfection. The sheep is universally diffused. The chief races at present existing, are the Spanish merino, Cretan, Wallachian and English. The merinos are most celebrated for their wool, but taken altogether the English are the most valuable. Goats are also very numerous, and the domestic hog, evidently descended from the ane cient European wild boar, is omnipresent. The horses of Europe are unrivalled in speed, strength and courage. Some naturalists suppose them to be of Tartar breed, but there is no proof of such origin. The English heavy horses are unequalled for draught, and the race-horses for speed and bottom. The latter, and the hunters, have been crossed with Arab horses, the first of which was imported so late as the reign of James I. The ass of southern Europe is a fine and noble animal, but den generates sadly in more northern latitudes. It is much valued for the breeding of mules, the sure-footedness and hardiness of which render them highly useful. The domestic cat seems to be a lineal descendant of the wild species.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.