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hundred foot, who stood upon walls, or got into 

 trees, while the horsemen rode off the bull from 

 the rest of the herd, until he stood at bay, when 

 a marksman dismounted and shot. At some of 

 these huntings, twenty or thirty shots have been 

 fired before he was subdued. On such occasions 

 the bleeding victim grew desperately furious, from 

 the smarting of his wounds, and the shouts of 

 savage joy that were echoing from every side." 

 Another author says that ' f some of these [bulls] 

 have been known to receive as many as eleven 

 bullets without one of them piercing their skulls. 

 When fretted in this manner, they often become 

 furious/' After this it is refreshing to find that 

 Bewick adds that " from the number of accidents 

 that happened, this dangerous mode has been little 

 practised of late years ; the park-keeper alone 

 generally shooting them with a rifled gun at one 

 shot." 



The bull at the Zoo is a nice little beast ; he is 

 quite young, only a yearling we believe; but we 

 feel considerable doubt whether he will make a 

 large animal. He is white, with a black muzzle, 

 black ears and black hoofs, and a fact which we 

 have never seen mentioned in connection with the 

 Chartley cattle, though it is one of the marks of 

 the Hamilton herd his legs below the knees, 

 especially his forelegs, and his nose about the 

 muzzle are mottled with black. Though the rest 

 of his hair is pure white, his skin is sparsely 

 sprinkled with round black spots, except in the 



