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shares with History the doubtful honour of possessing many chapters which are nothing more than what Talleyrand would call "des fables convenues," or which are made up of fallacies universally adopted as true. To this unfavourable side of science Geology contributes the largest share, but Zoology is by no means exempt, especially as regards the habits, haunts and geographical distribution of animals.

According to most works on Zoology, "The Fallow Deer (Cervus dama) is a native of the countries washed by the Mediterranean, from whence it was introduced into Germany, Scandinavia, and England after the Crusades." And yet this animal was equally indigenous many thousand years ago, not only in Africa and Western Asia, but also in Southern Russia, and even in Central Europe, Denmark, Italy, and the South of France.

My researches into the geographical distribution of the Fallow