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THE WHITE URUS, OR HAMHAON BREED OF 

 WILD CATTLE. 



Taurus Urus Variety. 



PLATE XXIV. 

 Urus Scoticus, Smith Wild Cattle, Pennant, Bewick, $c. 



THE White Urus ( Urus Scoticus of Major Smith) 

 is now only to be seen in one or two enclosures, 

 which the proprietors are anxious to uphold, and, 

 from the variety of the breed, not to allow it to be 

 indiscriminately spread. The most remarkable now 

 are the parks of Chillingham in Northumberland, 

 the property of Lord Tankerville, and that of Ha- 

 milton Palace in Lanarkshire, where the drawing for 

 the accompanying illustration was made. 



" This* very ancient and peculiar breed of cattle 

 has been long kept up with great care by the noble 

 family of Hamilton, in a chase in the vicinity of their 

 splendid seat at Hamilton, in the Middle Ward of 

 the county of Lanark. They are generally believed 

 to be the remains of the ancient breed of white cattle 



* We are indebted to Robert Brown, Esq. Chamberlain 

 to His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, for having procured 

 for us the following interesting account. 



