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animal to draw, propel, or move forward, 

 heavy weights ; we, nevertheless, daily see 

 numbers of first-rate draught Horses with deep 

 flat shoulders. It used to be held, that a low 

 shoulder facilitated draught ; and such was the 

 form of the old Suffolk sorrel cart Horses, the 

 truest and most forceful pullers ever yet 

 known ; they were the only breed, collectively, 

 that would draw dead pidls, that is to say, 

 would continue repeated pulls, going down 

 upon their knees, at an immovable object ; 

 for example, a tree. This, draught Horses in 

 general, even the most powerful and the best, 

 as the writer has witnessed, cannot be brought 

 to do, with whatever severity ; at the second 

 or third pull, gihbing, as it is called, and turn- 

 ing their heads, as if to point with their eyes, 

 towards their failing loins. 



The following sinsfular account of an animal 

 between a bull and a mare is so well authenti- 

 cated, that we cannot have a doubt of its 

 truth. It shews the possibility of a cross from 

 an animal, so dissimilar and discordant, as it 

 would seem to us, and the knowledge of which 

 may act as a caution in preventing the possi- 

 bility of such another occurrence by keeping 

 both animals separate. 



Mr. Gload, Veterinary Surgeon, "says, some 

 time ago I was at Greenwich, and my curiosity 

 was excited upon hearing that a monstrosity 

 was then exhibiting, partaking of the peculia- 

 rities of the cow and Horse. The animal 

 seemed to be about fifteen hands high (a mare, 

 if I dare call her so), of the commonest des- 

 cription, and three years and a half old. The 

 most striking peculiarities were in the tail, 

 hips, head, breast, and off fore leg. The off 

 fore leg, from its singularity, claimed my first 

 attention ; and I was induced to examine it 

 with great care, as, at first sight, I suspected 



it might have been the result of disease. The 

 shoulder-blade and the humerus seemed to be 

 shorter and more upright than usual, and the 

 latter bone was thicker, and turned very much 

 outwards. This leg was, in every respect, 

 similar to a cow's ; but the similarity was 

 still more evident when I descended to the 

 foot. There were two hoofs, with separate 

 joints, and a natural secretion between them. 

 There was no sign of a frog, but the animal 

 trod upon her heels, and used the foot precisely 

 as a cow. I walked her round the stable 

 several times, and it was really ludicrous to 

 observe the difference in the manner of pro- 

 gression between the two legs. The colour of 

 the hair on the body seemed to present a 

 strange mixture between that of both animals; 

 but it was long, soft, and loosely attached. 

 The head had a very curious appearance : it 

 seemed to be broad at the poll, and the ears 

 were very large, and rounded, and turned 

 backwards and inwards, and covered with 

 long shaggy hair. The lower part of the face 

 projected very much on each side, giving a 

 width very dissimilar to the face of the Horse. 

 There were six incisor teeth in each jaw, but 

 very unevenly distributed ; and they seemed 

 to partake much of the mixed character. The 

 breast was wide and hung down, strongly re- 

 sembling the dewlap. The body, neck, and 

 near fore leg, resembled those of the Horse. 

 The hips, tail, and legs above the hock, \vere 

 exactly similar to those of a cow. The spinous 

 and traverse process of the ileum projected 

 very much, and the pubis stretched backwards, 

 giving that great prominence of the bones of 

 the ischium always so observable in a cow. 

 The sacral processes did not project, and the 

 tail did not arch over the pubis, as in the 

 Horse, but seemed to fall more abruptly . it 



