LETTER XIV. 



changes from the difference of pasture and climate than 

 most other animals ; and in no other can there be 

 found a' greater variety of kinds, arising from the 

 diversity of these circumstances. In every part of 

 the world the cow is form! large or small, in propor- 

 tion to the quantity and quality of its food. Our 

 English pastures seem admirably suited to the nature 

 of this quadruped ; and there is no part of Enropc 

 where it grows to a larger size, aiibrds a greater 

 quantity ot milk, or fattens in less time. The age of 

 the cow is discoverable by its horns. At the age of 

 four years, a ring is formed towards the .i*oot, and 

 every succeeding year adds another. Thus its age 

 may be exactly known, until it grows very old, when 

 the rings grow closer together, and appear less dis- 

 tinct. 



In Scotland there are two sorts of cows different 

 from each other, and from those of the southern parts 

 of the island. Those of the county of Galloway are 

 without horns, and generally of a brown colour, but 

 often mixed with black, and sometimes entirely black. 

 Large droves of these are brought into the southern 

 parts of the kingdom, where they soon fatten. 



The cattle of the Highlands are very small, and most- 

 ly Mack, with Hue white sharp horns, and hair thick 

 like fur. Large droves of these are likewise brought 

 into England. They are generally esteemed for the 

 excellence of their beef, as well as for the facility 

 with which they fatten. 



In Lord TankervilleV park, at Ohillingham, near 

 Berwick-upon-Tweed, there is yet left a breed of 

 wild cattle, probably the only remains of the tnic 

 breed of that species, at present to be found in this 

 kingdom. Their colour is invariably white, with the 

 im-zzle black, and the whole inside of the ear, and 

 about one-third of the outside, from the tip down- 

 wards, red. Their horns are white, with black tips, 

 and bent downwards* 



At the first appearance of ally person near them, 

 they -ct oil' in full gallop, and at the distance of two 

 or tliree hundred yards, wheel round, and come boldly 



