THE DENMARKS. 



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the production of milk, and of the excellent dairy 

 breeds of Holland and the low countries. 



In 1627, cattle were brought from Sweden to the set- 

 tlements on the Delaware by the Swedish West India 

 Company. In 1631, 1632, and 1633, several importa- 



Fig. 13. Dutch Dairy Cow 



faaaer- 



tions were made into New Hampshire by Capt. John 

 Mason, who, with Gorges, procured the patent of large 

 tracts of land in the vicinity of Piscataqua River, and 

 immediately formed settlements there. The object of 

 Mason was to carry on the manufacture of potash. 

 For this purpose he employed the Danes ; and it was in 

 his voyages to and from Denmark that he procured 

 many Danish cattle and horses, which were subse- 

 quently diffused over that whole region, and large num- 

 bers of which were driven to the vicinity of Boston and 

 sold. These facts are authenticated by original doc- 

 uments and depositions now on file in the office of the 

 Secretary of State of New Hampshire. The Danish cat- 

 tle are there described as large and coarse, of a yellow 

 color ; and it is supposed that they were procured by 



