THE HEREFORDSHIRE CATTLE. 403 



they are found in the greatest purity in the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of Barnstaple. 



THE HEREFORDSHIRE CATTLE. 



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THESE, like the preceding breed, display all those 

 marks which are considered to be characteristics of 

 beauty and excellence. They are of great size and 

 weight, yet remarkably small boned. Their fore- 

 end is light, their bosom broad and deep, and their 

 loins broad, the hip-bones spreading wide, and 

 standing high and level with the top of the back. 

 The back is straight, and the barrel round, produced 

 by a broad projecting rib. These animals are dis- 

 tinguished by a bald or spotted face, a streak of 

 white along the top of the neck to the shoulder ; 

 bright and spreading, but not long horns ; and a 

 small head. Their general colour is dark-red or 

 brown, but the belly and under part of the throat are 

 white. The legs also are sometimes white or spotted; 

 and the tip of the tail is almost always white. The 

 horns in the Oxen and Bulls rise low and back, 

 bend -first somewhat backward, and then sideway 

 and forward. Those of the Cows spring rather high 

 from the head, take first a direction sideway, and 

 then curve forward, upward, and back, the points 

 somewhat approaching each other. 



These noble animals are, in general, very active 

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