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in the cattle of Bechuanaland, Mr. Darwin mentioning a skull iiT which the span of 

 the horns is eight feet eight inches in a straight line, while the measurement from tip 

 to tip along the curve is upward of thirteen feet five inches. 



In certain parts of America, the Falkland islands, Australia, New 

 Zealand, and other countries, the cattle introduced from Europe have 

 run wild, and form vast herds. Those found in Texas and on the 

 Argentine pampas have become of a nearly uniform- dark brownish-red color; while 

 in the L,adrone or Mariana islands in the Pacific Ocean, all the wild cattle are white 

 with black ears. When Lord Anson visited the Ladrones in the year 1742, the 

 number of these cattle was estimated at upward of ten thousand. In the Falkland 



America and 

 Australia 







DUTCH COW. 



(One-twenty-fifth natural size.) 



islands it is stated by Admiral Sullivan that those in the southern districts are 

 white, with the feet, ears, or the entire head black; but in other parts they were 

 either brown or mouse colored. The wild cattle of New Zealand, according to Herr 

 von Lendenfeld, are white spotted with brown. In Australia the herds are of great 

 extent, and are difficult to approach within shooting distance, on account of the wari- 

 ness of the animals. In Argentina the cattle are very wild, but take little notice of 

 a mounted man. If, however, as is seldom the case in a country where everybody 

 rides, they are approached by a person on foot, they gallop around him in circles, 

 with threatening gestures, looking every moment as if about to make a charge, 

 although it does not appear that they ever do so. In company with two ladies, the 



