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natural erodings, but by choofing the cleaned 

 and befl-flefhed bulls and heifers from among 

 their own or their neighbours flock. 



It is very obfervable, however, that in ef- 

 fecting this improvement, the horn has been 

 considerably lengthened ; the prefent prevail- 

 ing breed appearing as if it were a cr.ofs be- 

 tween the old Ihort horizontal horn (pro- 

 vincially, " buckle-horns") and the middle 

 elevated horn of Herefordfhire and Suffcx : 

 not, perhaps, from either of thefe breeds 

 having been employed in the improvement, 

 but merely from the circumftance of a " fine 

 horn" namely, a clean, fmall, fharp horn 

 having been fy/hionalk for the lafl twenty 

 years. 



This (hews how much the appearance, as 

 well as the nature or conflitution, of a given 

 breed of flock may be altered and improved, 

 without calling in theafiiflance of alien breeds. 

 Even the Dutch buttocks were probably bred 

 in England. 



The Holdernefs breed, on their firft intro- 

 duction into the Vale, were faid to be thin- 

 quartered, too light behind, and too coarfe 

 ; large Ihoulders, coarfe necks, and 



deep 



