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land : moftly all black ; but fome with white 

 faces: moftly loomed', but fome of them 

 " humbled ;" that is bornlefs. 



To thefe fucceeded a BLACK AND WHITE 

 breed ; probably a variety of the original 

 fpecies. But ftill the red cow's milk was con- 

 lidered as medicinal ; and many inveterate 

 diforders were no doubt cured with it : that 

 is to fay, by a perfeveranee in milk-diet. 



The black mottles, probably a tranfient 

 fort, were fucceeded by the LONG- HORN ED or 

 " Craven breed :" the probable, and, I be- 

 lieve, undoubted origin of the prefent cele- 

 brated breed of the Midland counties. 



But in a country where the bufinefsof ara- 

 tion was carried on principally by oxen, this 

 breed was found extremely inconvenient. 

 Horns a yard long were not only trouble- 

 fome but dangerous in yoke j efpecially in 

 the narrow roads and hollow ways with which 

 the Diflri6t formerly abounded. Accidents 

 .were frequently happening to them j by get- 

 ting their horns entangled in the hedge or 

 the bank; fometimes breaking off their horns j 

 but more frequently breaking their necks. 



This 



