TKe flefh of this kind of ox is very fine, unlefs at 

 the rutting feafon, when it acquires a mulky flavour, 

 from whence its name. Herds of many thoufands 

 of them are to be found up the country among the 

 Efquimaux, but none of them have ever yet been 

 domefticated. They do not feem to be either fo 

 wild or fo ferocious as the wild breed of European 

 cattle that are ftill kept in Whittingham's-park, Nor- 

 thumberland. 



To (hew what praftical ufes may be derived from 

 thefe fafts, I fhall beg leave to fubjoin a few Farther 

 obfervations on fubje£ls connefted with this, that 

 have refulted, in fome meafure, from the enquiries 

 which have been fet on foot by the wool fociety. 



\Jl. It is now afcertained, that all the varieties of 

 flieep yet known do readily intercopulate with each 

 other, and that the progeny is a prolifick animal ca- 

 pable of continuing the fpecies; but that in refpecfl 

 to its chara^leriftick qualities, it is a mongrel race, 

 participating nearly alike of the qualities of both its 

 parents. And as thefe mongrel breeds may be in- 

 termixed with other varieties in injinitum, it may in 

 many cafes happen that new mongrels may be pro- 

 duced, in which the diftinguiftiing peculiarities of 

 the original breeds may be blended in all polTible 

 proportions, and loft. 



In like manner the varieties of dogs may be blended 

 and loft, if no care be taken to preferve them ; and 

 fo of cattlej at leaft we know for certain,, tl^at the 



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