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THE KYLOE OR HIGHLAND CATTLE. 

 PLATE XXVIII. 



THIS, like the Black-faced Sheep, possesses the 

 whole of the Highlands and the Western Isles of Scot- 

 land. On their native pastures, where they are not 

 housed, they are extremely rough and shaggy, and 

 wild-looking; but, when driven to the Lowlands, they 

 become more polished, and, on a richer pasture, in a 

 warmer climate, and with shelter at night, shew a rich 

 and glossy covering, and a considerable degree of 

 symmetry, uniting, at the same time, a firmness and 

 compactness of limb and body. The favourite co- 

 lour here is also black ; but nearly the same varieties 

 as of the last are prevalent. It is a horned breed, 

 and the horns should be round, polished, and white 

 at the base, in an animal of high health and vigour. 

 Immense droves of this breed pass annually to the 

 south, where they are fed and supplied to the Lon- 

 don markets. They are easily fed, and afford rich 

 and excellent beef. The smallest breeds are reared 

 in the Isle of Skye. 



These varieties, which we have now shortly enu- 

 merated, are the principal which are reared in this 



