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should in many points resemble the head of the deer, 

 he seems to me to have very aptly illustrated his 

 subject. Says Captain Davy, ' The head should be 

 small, with a broad, indented forehead, tapering con- 

 siderably towards the nostrils ; the nose of a creamy 

 white ; the jaws clean and free from flesh ; the eye 

 bright, lively, and prominent, encircled .by a deep 

 orange-colored ring ; the ears thin, the horns of 

 the cow long, spreading, and gracefully turned up. 

 . . . The expression must be gentle and intelli- 

 gent. . . . The champion Hereford bull of this 

 day . . . begins with a somewhat mean, small 

 head ; whereas there should be something very noble 

 in the head of a White-face, when seen at his best.' 



"There is no animal which tells more of high 

 breeding than an Alderney, or rather Jersey-born 

 cow. There is a refined air and carriage, a certain 

 comely 'presence,' which would forbid all thoughts 

 of the butcher, and never carry one's appetite beyond 

 a syllabub on thin bread and butter. Beyond a pecu- 

 liar, wild, wicked eye, there is not much to admire 

 in the head of an Alderney bull, and even the cows 

 lose much of their graceful character when bred away 

 from their native isle. 



" In the Jersey scale of thirty-six points for a per- 

 fect cow or heifer, one each is allowed for the follow- 

 ing excellences : ' Head small, fine, and tapering ; 

 cheek small ; throat clean ; muzzle fine, and encircled 

 by a light color ; nostrils high and open ; horns 

 smooth, crumpled, not too thick at base, and taper- 

 ing ; ears small and thin (one point), of a deep 



