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been classified. There are two species — those on which 

 the hair ascends, and those on which it descends. Those 

 with ascending hair are simply traces which encroach 

 on the descending hair outside the scutcheon, either on 

 one side or beneath the vulva. Those with the de- 

 scending hair are on the scutcheons, and are five in 

 number. 



The seven tufts or patches of hair which Guenon thus 

 mentions are placed as represented below. 



Fig. 1 6. 



The names given to them are very peculiar, and for 

 some we must substitute another in English, taken from 

 the position or form of the tuft. 



Thus, I. Epi ovale, oval tuft; 2. epi fessard,\^(^\2.d^\Q. 

 tuft ; 3. epi babin, lip-shaped tufts ; 4. epi vulve, vulvan 

 tuft; 5. epi batard, perinseal tuft; 6. epi cuissard^ thigh 

 tufts ; and 7. epi jonctif, mesian tuft. 



The oval tufts are good signs if small, regular, and 

 covered with fine hair. They are seen in all the best 

 cows, but they are also met with in some of the lower 

 orders. 



Ischiadic tufts of ascending hair are never seen in 



