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in that district, we are indebted to an old, and skillful, and well- 

 known breeder, whose name we regret that we are enjoined to 

 withhold; but he will accept our thanks, and at some future 

 period, possibly, the public will know to whom we and they are 

 much indebted. 



"The Galloway cattle are straight and broad in the back, and 

 nearly level from the head to the rump. They are round in the 

 ribs, and also between the shoulders and the ribs, and the ribs 

 and the loins. They are broad in the loin, without any large 

 projecting hook bones. In roundness of barrel, and fullness of 

 ribs, they will compare with any breed, and also in the propor- 

 tion which the loins bear to the hook bones, or protuberances of 

 the ribs. The Rev. Mr. Smith, the author of the Survey of 

 Galloway, says that, 'when viewed from above, the whole body 

 appears beautifully rounded, like the longitudinal section of a 

 roller.' They are long in the quarters and ribs, and deep in the 

 chest, but not broad in the twist. The slightest inspection will 

 show that there is less space, between the hook or hip bones and 

 the ribs, than in most other breeds, a consideration of much 

 importance, for the advantage of length of carcass, consists in 

 the animal being well ribbed home, or as little as possible lost in 

 the flank. 



"The Galloway is short in the leg, and moderately fine in the 

 shank bones, the happy medium seems to be preserved in the 

 leg, which secures hardihood and a disposition to fatten. With 

 the same cleanness and shortness of shank, there is no breed so 

 large and muscular above the knee, while there is more room for 

 the deep, broad and capacious chest. He is clean, not fine and 

 slender, but well proportioned in the neck and chaps; a thin and 

 delicate neck would not correspond with the broad shoulders, 

 deep chest, and close, compact form of the breed. The neck of 

 the Galloway bull is thick, almost to a fault. The head* is rather 

 heavy ; the eyes are not prominent, and the ears are large, rough, 

 and full of long hairs on the inside. 



