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direction of horn growth, the longer and narrower head, and 

 the absence ot all mane or growth of curly hair about the 

 neck, forehead, and back. 



This long-horned Egyptian ox was first domesticated in 

 Egypt, and thence spread northwards through Syria into Eastern 

 Europe and the Mediterranean regions, permeating by its influ- 



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ence many of the breeds of cattle in Eastern, Southern, and 

 Western Europe. Perhaps the farthest extension northwards 

 and westwards of the influence of this breed was to Normandy 

 and the Channel Islands. In the Jersey cattle we can see just 

 a faint trace of the influence of this Egyptian breed. In 

 Africa the long-horned cattle found their way southwards into 



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