The Descent of Man

dants, degenerated in size but not in courage,
of the gigantic Bos primigenius. In 1861 several
contended for mastery; and it was observed
that two of the younger bulls attacked in concert
the old leader of the herd, overthrew and
disabled him, so that he was believed by the
keepers to be lying mortally wounded in a
neighbouring wood. But a few days afterwards
one of the young bulls approached the wood
alone; and then the "monarch of the chase,"
who had been lashing himself up for vengeance,
came out and, in a short time, killed his antagonist.
He then quietly joined the herd, and
long held undisputed sway. Admiral Sir B.J.
Sulivan informs me that, when he lived in the
Falkland Islands, he imported a young English
stallion, which frequented the hills near Port
William with eight mares. On these hills there
were two wild stallions, each with a small troop
of mares; "and it is certain that these stallions
would never have approached each other without
fighting. Both had tried singly to fight the