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they are larger, and more robust in the general form 

 of their bodies, and their markings are also very dif- 

 ferent. In the Tankerville breed, the colour is in- 

 variably white, muzzle black, the whole of the in- 

 side of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, 

 from the tip downwards, red. The horns are very 

 fine, white, with black tips ; and the head and legs 

 are slender and elegant. In the Hamilton Urus, 

 the body is dun-white, the inside of the ears, the 

 muzzle, and the hoofs black, and the fore-part of 

 the leg, from the knee downwards, mottled ivith 

 black. The cows seldom have horns ; their bodies 

 are thick and short ; their limbs are stouter, and 

 their heads much rounder than in the Tanker- 

 ville breed. The inside or roof of the mouth is 

 black, or spotted with black. The tongue is black, and 

 generally tipped with black. It is somewhat larger 

 in proportion than that of the common cow; and the 

 high ridge on the upper surface, near to the insertion 

 of the tongue, is also very prominent. It is observ- 

 able that the calves that are off' the usual markings 

 are either entirely black or entirely white, or black 

 and white, but never red or brown. The beef, like 

 that of the Tankerville breed, is marbled, and of ex- 

 cellent flavour, and the juice is richer, and of a lighter 

 colour, than in ordinary butcher-meat. The size of 

 the smaller cows does not exceed fifteen stones tron 

 weight ; but some of the larger sort, especially the bulls, 

 average from thirty-five to forty-five stones. The 

 circumstances of their breeding in-and-in, of be- 



