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strong individual antipathies and preferences<br />

are frequently exhibited, and much more commonly<br />

by the female than by the male. This<br />

being the case, it is improbable that the unions<br />

<strong>of</strong> quadrupeds in a state <strong>of</strong> nature should be<br />

left to mere chance. It is much more probable<br />

that the females are allured or excited by particular<br />

males, who possess certain characters in a<br />

higher degree than other males; but what these<br />

characters are, we can seldom or never discover<br />

with certainty.<br />

CHAPTER XVIII.<br />

SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF<br />

MAMMALS—continued.<br />

Voice—Remarkable sexual peculiarities in<br />

seals—Odour—Development <strong>of</strong> the hair—<br />

Colour <strong>of</strong> the hair and skin—Anomalous case<br />

<strong>of</strong> the female being more ornamented than the<br />

male—Colour and ornaments due to sexual

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