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being so, we should expect the Roman cattle that 

 were driven into Wales to have remained tame, 

 while those that remained in England became 

 feral. And our expectations are correct. The 

 Roman cattle were confined almost without 

 exception to the parts of the island indicated, and 

 while they were tame in Wales they were feral 

 in England and Scotland. And not only so, 

 but Harting drew up a list of the places at 

 which they are known to have been emparked, 1 

 and every one of those places in England and 

 Scotland is situated well on the west or just 

 immediately to the east of what we may call 

 Green's line : " The conquest of the bulk of 

 Britain was now (about 588) complete. East- 

 ward of a line which may be roughly drawn along 

 the moorlands of Northumberland and Yorkshire, 

 through Derbyshire and skirting the forest of 

 Arden, to the mouth of the Severn, and thence 

 by Mendip to the sea, the land had passed into 

 English hands. From this time the character of 

 the conquest of Britain had wholly changed. 

 The older wars of extermination came to an end 

 and as the invasion pushed westward in later 

 times the Britons were no longer driven from the 

 soil, but mingled with their conquerors." 2 



The accompanying map shows the locations 



1 "British Animals Extinct within Historic Times," 1880. 



2 " Short History of the English People," illustrated edition 

 p. 29. 



