CHILLINGHAM WHITE CATTLE. 149 



List of the Queries with their Answers. 



1. How many pairs of ribs are there in the skeleton of 

 the Chillingham Ox ? Thirteen pairs. 



2. How many vertebrae are there (from the skull to the 

 end of the tail)? Thirty in the back-bone, twenty in the 

 tail. 



3. Will the wild cattle breed with the domestic cattle ? 

 / have had two calves from a wild bull and common cow. 



4. What is the precise time the wild cow goes with 

 young? The same as the domestic cow. 



5. At what age does the curly hair appear which con- 

 stitutes the mane of the wild bull ? They have no mane, 

 but curly hair on their neck and head ; more so in winter, 

 when the hair is long. 



6. In what month does the rutting take place among 

 the wild cattle? At all times, no particular time. 



J. COLE. 



Here we have precise information on the following 

 points : namely, the number of ribs ; the period of gesta- 

 tion ; their having no mane ; their not being in heat at 

 any particular period ; in all which points, they perfectly 

 agree with the ordinary domestic cattle; and it is im- 

 portant to observe, that in the last point, namely, that of 

 not being in heat at any particular time, they differ from 

 every known wild species of cattle, among which the 

 rutting season invariably occurs at a particular period of 

 the year. 



