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stance that happened to Mr. Bailey, of Chillingham, who 

 found a hidden calf, two days old, very lean and very 

 weak. On stroking its head it got up, pawed two or 

 three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, stepped 

 back a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; 

 it then began to paw again, bellowed, stepped back, and 

 bolted as before ; but knowing its intention, and stepping 

 aside, it missed him, fell, and was so very weak that it 

 could not rise, though it made several efforts. But it 

 had done enough : the whole herd were alarmed, and, 

 coming to its rescue, obliged him to retire ; for the dams 

 will allow no person to touch their calves without attack- 

 ing them with impetuous ferocity." 



It seems almost unnecessary to remind the reader that 

 all animals are naturally wild ; and that even those 

 animals that have been the longest under the dominion 

 of man, are born with a strong tendency to the wild 

 state, to which they would immediately resort, if left to 

 themselves : it appears, therefore, rather gratuitous to tell 

 us that the NATURAL actions of young animals (whose 

 parents have been allowed to run wild), are proofs of 

 their native wildness ! 



The concluding paragraph requires no observation : 

 " When a calf is intended to be castrated, the park-keeper 

 marks the place where it is hid, and, when the herd are 

 at a distance, takes an assistant with him on horseback; 

 they tie a handkerchief round the calf's mouth, to pre- 

 vent its bellowing, and then perform the operation in the 

 usual way. When any one happens to be wounded, or 

 is grown weak and feeble through age or sickness, the rest 

 of the herd set upon it, and gore it to death." 



