,88 CATTLE. -14. 



from which the Vale cattle have indtfput- 

 ably originated, may not have had a fimilar 

 admixture of the middle-horned blood. 



I wifh to trace the origin and progrefs of 

 the different breeds of cattle in the Iftand ; 

 but I find it will be a difficult taik to do it 

 with ftridt accuracy. 



The HORN is the beft criterion for diftin- 

 s;uiihing the different fpecies (if the term be 

 applicable) of cattle. It is a PERMANENT 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. The Colour, though 



not altogether accidental, is changeable ; and 

 neither the form nor theflc/k are permanently 

 charadleriftie of any particular fpecies. Good 

 form and good fiefh may be found in every 

 fpecies ; though they are by no means equally 

 prevalent nor equally excellent in all. But a 

 horn fix inches long was never yet produced 

 by the Craven breed ; nor one a yard long 

 by the Holdernefs breed. And the middle- 

 horned breed of Herefordihire, Suffex, and 

 oilier parts of the IQand, appears to be as 

 diftinft zfpeties as either of the former. 



Thcie are my only reafons for being fo mi- 

 r.utely deicriptive of the horns of ca ! :tlc. I 

 alii not a BIGOT to horns of any ihape or 



length. 



