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our domestic cattle, we shall find the front flat, and 

 even a little concave ; and in the horned varieties the 

 horns are attached to the most elevated ridge of the 

 skull, both of which may be seen in the annexed cut 

 of the skull of a large horned Italian breed. The 

 plane of the occiput forms an acute angle with the 

 front in the domestic breed, and ie quadrangular. 



in the Aurochs, again, the plane of the occiput 

 forms an obtuse angle with the front, is semicircular, 

 and the forehead is very markedly convex* Tho an- 

 nexed cut 



