658 . Live-Stock Highland or Kyloc Breed Defcriplioti of. 



\veflofScotland, where they aremoftly bred upon the moors or hilly country, and 

 grazed upon the lands nearer the fea until rifing four or live years old, when the 

 graziers and drovers take them up in great numbers to the fairs in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk, previous to the turnip-feeding feafon j whence the greateft part are again 

 removed in the winter and fp ring, when fat, to fupply the confumption of the 

 capital, where they are readily fold at high prices, few or no cattle felling fo high 

 in Smithfield market, from their cutting up fo nicely, owing to their laying their 

 fat upon the mod valuable parts ; a great excellence in all feeding cattle.* 

 They alfo prevail in Durnfriefhire and Ayrfhire. 



The polled cows of this breed arefaidtobe good milkers in proportion to 

 their lize, the milk being of a rich quality, and yielding much more butter from 

 a given quantity than in the fhort-horns. The oxen and fpayed heifers have alfo 

 been afTerted toanfwer well for draught. They are probably, however, in gene 

 ral, too fmall for this purpofe. 



But though the cattle of the above diftricl: are moftly polled, they have feveral 

 \vith horns, which they contend are a baftard or mongrel breed, produced by 

 crofling with long-horned bulls from other diftricts. The polled ones, and of 

 thefe the black or dark brindled ones, are preferred to any other, as they allow 

 them to be the original breed of the country. The breeders in Galloway, how 

 ever, complain of their old breed being loft, or at leaft much worn out. 



The Highland or Kylot breed of cattle is lefs in proportion to the polled cattle 

 than they are to the long-horns. This breed is alfo covered with a long clofe 

 coat of hair, like the polls and long-horns ; and, like thefe, the beef is fine-grained, 

 well- flavoured, and mixed or marbled, but not fo handfome on the outride, when 

 cxpofed in the market, not being of fo bright a colour, and often fpotted with 

 black, even upon the beft parts, except when made very fat. When grazed, 

 they feed very readily, their weight in general being from twenty to thirty-five 

 flone ; fome particular ones reach to more than forty ftone. The moft prevalent 

 colour is black ; fome are brindled or dun ; but the breeders there, like thofe in 

 Galloway, prefer the black ones.f 



This hardy breed is in poffefllon of all the extenfive mountainous country, 

 the Highlands of Scotland, together with the Wefternlfles.J The Ifle of Skye 



* Culley on Live Stock. f Ibid. i IbiJ. 



