BOS PRIMIGENIUS 5 



cows from 25 to 35 st. the four quarters (14 lb. 

 the stone). 



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"At the first appearance of any person they 

 set off in full gallop, and, at a distance of about 

 two hundred yards, make a wheel round and 

 come boldly up again, tossing their heads in a 

 menacing manner ; on a sudden they make a full 

 stop at a distance of forty or fifty yards, looking 

 wildly at the object of their surprise, but upon 

 the least motion being made, they all turn round, 

 and fly off with equal speed, but not to the same 

 distance, forming a shorter circle, and then 

 returning with a bolder and more threatening 

 aspect than before ; they approach much nearer, 

 probably within thirty yards, when they again 

 make another stand, and again fly off. This 

 they do several times, shortening their distance, 

 and advancing nearer and nearer, till they come 

 within such a short distance, that most people think 

 it prudent to leave them, not chusing to provoke 

 them further. 



" The mode of killing them was perhaps the 

 only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient 

 hunting. On notice being given that a wild bull 

 would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants 

 of the neighbourhood came mounted and armed 

 with guns, etc., sometimes to the amount of an 

 hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, 

 who stood upon walls or got into trees, 



