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frequently brings them down ; and they have no anti- 

 pathy to the common ox, like their European brethren. 

 Mr. Bryan shot one, and the bullet passed completely 

 through him, almost cutting his heart in two, and yet 

 he ran half a mile before he fell. 



The Musk Oxen live in the high latitudes of North 

 America, are very small, but look larger than they 

 are, from the quantity of long woolly hair with which 

 they are covered, and which often reaches the ground. 

 Their flesh smells strongly of musk, and they are easily 

 irritated. Some stockings made from their long fleece 

 have been said to equal those manufactured with silk. 



The Chillingham Park Cattle are very handsome, 

 being white, with red ears and black muzzle; their 

 horns are also white, with black tips; and greatly 

 resemble our Devonshire breed, which is thought to 

 approach nearer than any other to the Welsh wild 

 cattle of ancient times. They are fleet, bold, and 

 active, hide their calves for the first week after they 

 are born, and are at all times dangerous to approach. 



Mr. Bell gives us the following anecdote, which was 

 witnessed by one of his near relatives : ' A cow which 

 was feeding tranquilly in a pasture, the gate of which 

 was open to the road, was much annoyed by a mis- 

 chievous boy who amused himself by throwing stones 

 at the peaceful animal, who, after bearing with his 

 impertinence for some time, at length went up to him, 

 hooked the end of her horn into his clothes, and lifting 

 him from the ground, carried him out of the field and 

 laid him down in the road. She then calmly returned 

 to her pasture, leaving him quit with a severe fright 

 and a torn garment.' 



In Mr. Byam's Central America I find this interesting 



