26 EVOLUTION OF BRITISH CATTLE 



The first to trace the white park cattle and 

 white domestic cattle back to their source was Pro- 

 fessor McKenny Hughes, of Cambridge.^ In the 

 course of excavations *' over areas long occupied 

 by the Romans " he found a change coming 

 over the remains of the cattle deposited there. 

 He found evidence of a new breed mingling with 

 the old. ** The new breed is larger, the horn- 



ROMANO-BRITISH SKULL, WITH UPTURNING HORN-CORES, 

 FROM REACH FEN, CAMBRIDGE. 



[_J^om McKenny Hughes. 



cores are stouter in proportion to their length, 

 and, starting from the side of the head, have a 

 tendency outward and upward, instead of having 

 the strong forward curve of Bos longifrons. All 

 intermediate sizes and shapes are found, from the 

 small native to the new improved breed. . . . 

 The specimen I have figured " — the skull figured 

 here — " was found in the peat near Reach Lode, 

 ' See work already quoted. 



