^4 THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE OX. 



worker, fit for the road as well as the plough, and when taken 

 from work it fattens as quickly. A great many of them are 

 brought to the London market, for which they are ready when 

 about four years of age. The Pembrokeshire cow is generally 

 black, and the face may be occasionally dark brown, or some- 

 times white. There may be a white line along the back. Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Davies, she is fine-boned, with a clean light neck 

 and head, small yellow horns inclining upwards, good chine and 

 loin, round long belly, thin thigh and short legs, is always in 

 good condition if tolerably well kept, has wavy hair, and an 

 oily skin. To this we may add that she is a fair milker, and 

 will yield 6 lbs. of butter per week. 



The cattle of Glamorganshire, those of Monmouthshire, those 

 of Caermarthenshire, of Cardiganshire, of Brecknockshire, and of 

 Radnorshire, we pass by. 



North Wales. — The cattle of North Wales may be said to 

 approach the next division — namely, that of the longhorns. 

 They have, however, also a great deal of the characters of the 

 middlehorns, with the exception perhaps of some of the 

 Anglesey oxen. North Wales may be divided into two districts 

 in one of which the rearing of cattle is almost exclusively 

 attended to, while in the other the dairy is the matter of chief 

 consideration. The first includes Anglesey, Carnarvon, and 

 Merioneth, the second the counties of Denbigh, Flint, and 

 Montgomery. 



Anglesey. — The isle of Anglesey, called Mona in ancient 

 times, the seat of Druidical superstition^ and for a long time 

 the stronghold of British independence, differs from the other 

 divisions of North Wales in the fact that it does not possess 

 -a mountainous surface. There are only undulations or little 

 hills covered with grass. Roberts, the author of the Map of Com- 

 merce published nearly 200 years ago, says that 3,000 head of 

 cattle were annually caused to swim across the straits of Menai. 

 The losses were then surprisingly few. At the present time about 

 10,000 are annually exported from the island. The iron bridge 

 of Menai is now the means of transit. The Anglesey cattle are 

 small, black, and hardy animals. Their chests are deep, their 

 shoulders rather too heavy. The dewlap is enormous, the barrel 

 round, the haunches are high and spreading, the face is flat, and 

 the horns are long, and turn upwards. The hair is apparently 



