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the ear sizable, thin, and quick in movement. The whole head 

 is original, and blood-like in appearance more so, than in almost 

 any other of the cattle race reminding one strongly of the head 

 of our American Elk. The neck is somewhat depressed would 

 be called "ewe-necked," by some but clean in the throat, with 

 moderate, or little dewlap ; the shoulders are wide and some- 

 what ragged, with prominent points, running down to a delicate 

 arm, and slender legs beneath; the fore-quarters stand rather 

 close together, with a thinnish, yet well developed brisket 

 between ; the ribs are flat, yet giving sufficient play for good 

 lungs; the back depressed, and somewhat hollow; the belly 

 deep and large ; the hips tolerably wide ; the rump and tail high ; 

 the loin and quarter medium in length ; the thigh thin and deep ; 

 the twist wide, to accommodate a clean, good sized udder; the 

 flanks medium; the hocks, or gambrel joints crooked; the hind 

 legs small; the udder capacious, square, set well forward, and 

 covered with soft, silky hair; the teats fine, standing well apart, 

 and nicely tapering; the milk veins prominent. On the whole 

 she is a homely, blood -like, gentle, useful little housekeeping 

 body, with a most kindly temper, loving to be petted, and, like 

 the "pony," with the children, readily becomes a great favorite 

 with those who have her about them, either in pasture^ paddock, 

 or stable. The colors are usually light red, or fawn, occasion- 

 ally smoky grey, and sometimes black, mixed or plashed more or 

 less with white. Roan colors, and a more rounded form, are 

 now and then seen among them, but we do not like them, (as 

 they savor of a short-horn cross, which they should not have,) 

 as anything but their own blood and figure, and that of the 

 ancient stock, deteriorates them as Alderneys. The Guernsey 

 cows are usually somewhat larger and coarser than the Jerseys, 

 and Alderneys, showing more the rotundity and symmetry 

 approaching the shorthorns. So we have sometimes seen 

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