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THE OX TRIBE. 



The following engraving exhibits the effects of castra- 

 tion on the curvature and length of the horns. 



1. Head of the perfect animal. 



2, 3. Heads of the emasculated animal. 



We learn, on the authority of the present Lord 

 Tankerville, that during the early part of the life-time of 

 his father, the bulls in the herd had been reduced to three ; 

 two of them fought and killed each other, and the third 

 was discovered to be impotent; so that the means of 

 preserving the breed depended on the accident of some of 

 the cows producing a bull calf. 



In 1844 I wrote to Mr. Cole, the late park-keeper at 

 Chillingham, requesting information on the following 

 queries, to which he returned the answers annexed ; and 

 although they are not so explicit as might be wished, they 

 embody facts both interesting and important. 



