7^ 



Oxen 



1851 



1852 



1853 

 1854 

 1855 

 1856 

 1857 

 1858 

 i860 

 1861 

 1862 

 1863 

 1865 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



It will be seen from the foregoing figures that the herd attained its 

 maximum during the years 1851 to i860, and that after the latter date a 

 steady but irregular decline took place. The absolute maximum was in 

 1857. Some of the causes of the decline are noticed later on. 



From 1873 to 1892 the author furnishes us with another series of 

 tables. From this we learn that while the greater portion of the herd is 

 now contained in the Bielowitza forest, a small number are preserved in the 

 adjacent forest of Swisslotsch, and a third division in the Zoological Gardens 

 of Bielowitza. This table is as follows, viz. : — 



