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the same race of cattle several times, and shows 

 that the native and imported races had already 

 begun to mix : " The Yorkshire oxen are, in 

 general, black all over, and they are very large, 

 firm, and valuable Kind in every respect. There 

 are none that exceed them for Labour and few 

 feed like them. The Oxen of Staffordshire, and 

 many of the neighbouring Counties, are also of this 

 kind. The Oxen of Lincolnshire are in general 

 red-and-white : they are very bulky, and equal to 

 any in Value. The Oxen of Somersetshire, and 

 some of the adjoining Counties, are naturally red. 

 They are also a very fine, large, and valuable 

 Breed. . . . The reader is not to suppose from 

 what is here said, that all the Oxen of Yorkshire 

 are black, all those of Gloucestershire and Somer- 

 setshire, red ; or all the Lincolnshire oxen pyed. 

 These are the genuine and proper breed of each 

 of those several Counties, but the graziers have 

 mixed them more or less in each County." 



Again, "The Welch and Scotch Cows will 

 do upon the poorest Pastures. They will suit 

 some who cannot rise to the better kinds . . . 

 but the fine Kinds are the Dutch and Alderney 

 cows, these are very like one another in Shape, 

 and in their Goodness, but the Alderney Cow is 

 preferable, because she is hardier. 



"The fine Dutch Breed have long legs, short 

 Horns, and a full Body. They are to be had in 

 Kent and Sussex, and some other Places where 



