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has been beftowed on its eftablifhment ; and 

 it appears to be at prcfent a mod valuable 

 breed of cattle : valuable, I mean, to the 

 grazier and butcher: the bone, head, an4 

 neck fine ; the chine full; the loin broad ; 

 the carcafe throughout large and well- fa- 

 ftiioned -, and the fiefh and fatting quality 

 equal, or perhaps fuperior to thofc of the pre- 

 fent breed of the Vale ; which, however, ap- 

 pear to be more afti-ve, more athletic, and 

 fitter for \\\eyoke or harnefs. 



In forming that variety, a horn very dif- 

 ferent from that which is prevalent in the 

 Vale has been produced. The " buckle- 

 horn" is in this cafe, as in the other, fome-? 

 what lengthened ; but \btfafeiftMble horn on 

 the banks of the Tecs is a clubbed down- 

 hanging horn, as if, in forming it, a dafh of 

 Craven blood had been thrown in. And it 

 may be a moot point ; whether the horns of 

 the two breeds, now particularly under no- 

 tice, may have' been produced by faihion 

 alone ; or whether the Tees- water horn may 

 not have been altered from the original fliort 

 horn, by a flight intermixture of the Craven 

 Jpreed j and whether the Holdernefs breed, 



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