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and Durham. By uniting with these 



cattle the Dutch Shorthorns absorbed 



the white colour of the Roman cattle 



and along with it the roan, which is 



a hybrid between the Dutch and 



Roman colours. About the same 



time the Shorthorns also absorbed 



the blood of some of the native black 



cattle, but the black colour at any 



rate was soon bred out, while, even 



. to the present day, the blood of 



-8 Anglo-Saxon red cattle has been 



J frequently absorbed, the colour in this 



S case to be retained. 



Having been originally of several 

 types, as Culley told us, and having 

 absorbed this strange blood in 

 England, the Shorthorns also re- 

 quired a Bakewell ; and him they 

 found in Charles Colling, who had 

 been a pupil with the great master 

 himself. The following diagrammatic 

 pedigree of Charles Colling's great 

 bull Comet will show how closely 

 he followed Bakewell. 



Here, again, we have a breeder 

 who, like Bakewell, started with the 

 best stock he could find, and, by in- 

 breeding, eliminated the chances of 

 uncertainty in their progeny ; and 



