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the proportion which the loins bear to the hook bones, or protuber- 

 ances of the ribs. When viewed from above, the whole body appears 

 beautifully rounded, like the longitudinal section of a roller. They 

 are long in the quarters and ribs, and deep in the chest, but riot broad 

 in the twist. The prevailing fashionable color is black ; a few are of 

 a dark brindle brown, and still fewer speckled with white, and some 

 of them are of dun or drab color. The galloway cows are not reputed 

 to be great milkers ; but although the quantity of the milk is not 

 great, it is rich in quality, and yields a large proportion of butter. 

 But when fatted they are highly valued for the shambles. Indeed, 

 the heifers generally, unless the finest of them reserved for breeding, 

 are spayed in reference to being fattened for that purpose. 



FAT GALLOWAY COW. 



GALLS. Is the name given to morbid excrescences growing on 

 different plants, in consequence of the attacks chiefly of hymenop- 

 terous insects. The egg of the insect is deposited in a puncture made 

 with a sharp sting ; and when it is hatched, the maggot causes a 

 great degree of luxuriance in this part of the plant, which appears in 

 various excrescences. Galls are found in the two British species of 

 oak. The astringent galls brought from the Levant, and used in 

 dying and making ink, are also the produce of a particular species of 

 oak. The best Aleppo galls have generally a bluish, and sometimes 

 a grayish and blackish color, inclining to bluish. They are of a close, 

 compact texture, are difficult to break, and are unequal and warty on 



