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length. I would as foon judge of a man's 

 heart by the length of his fingers, as of the 

 value of a bullock by the length of his 



horns. 



If hhflejb be good and well laid on, and his 

 e/al be froportionably fmatt; if he thrive welt, 

 fat kindly at an early agt, or work to a late one 

 if required ; I would much rather have h^rrt 

 entirely without horns, than with any which 

 ENTHUSIASM can point out. 



The doctrine of horns has long appeared 

 to me as a fpecies of SUPERSTITION among 

 Farmers, and as a CRAFT convenient to lead- 

 ing-breeders, in eftablifhing their refpecYive 

 fyjtems. 



But left I fhould have ,caufe to repent of 

 my rafhnefs in fpeaking thus irreverently of 

 horns, I will here allow them all the merit 

 which, in my opinion, truth entitles them to. 



The horn has been mentioned as a perma- 

 nent fpecific character of cattle. Hence in 

 varieties it may have its ufe as a criterion. 

 Thus fuppofing a male and female of iupe- 

 rior form and fiem, and with horns refcm- 

 bling each other (as nearly as the horns of 

 males arid females of the t'amc variety natu- 

 rally 



