116 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



one of the most entertaining of all English 

 writers upon Short-horn cattle. It bears this 

 simple inscription: 



THIS MEMORIAL 

 OF 



THOMAS BATES, 



OF KIRKXEVINGTON, 

 ONH OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED BREEDERS Or 



SHORT-HORN CATTLE, 



18 RAISED BY A FEW FRIENDS WHO APPRECIATE 

 HIS LABOURS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF 



BRITISH STOCK, 

 AND RESPECT HIS CHARACTER. 



BORN 21ST JUNE,, 1776. 

 DIED 26TH JULY, 1849. 



DRAWN FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY THE AUTHOR, 1892. 



