16 AYRSHIRE HEAD. 



orange color within (one point) ; eye full and placid. 1 

 The eye of the bull must be lively, and his horn 

 tipped with black, but beyond these, the points are 

 much the same. 



"Mr. M'Combie again, speaking of course of his 

 much beloved black Polls, says : * A perfect breed- 

 ing or feeding animal should have a fine expression 

 of countenance ; I could point it out, but it is difficult 

 to describe upon paper. It should be mild, serene, 

 and expressive. He should have a small, well-put-on 

 head, prominent eye, with a clean muzzle.' 



" Let us," says Mr. Corbet, w look to another kind 

 of Scotch cattle, and what would the West Highlander 

 be without his head? The butcher will say in 

 answer, 'The very best beef; but with his head 

 all his character is gone. There is a wild grandeur, 

 I had almost said majesty, about the head of the 

 Highlander, that should count up very fast in any 

 scale of his points, as perhaps no other animal shows 

 in this respect such insignia of nature's nobility. 

 You may read of his Highland home in his clear, 

 bright eye, his magnificent horn, and his rough but 

 right royal coat." 



The Ayrshire head is not like any of these. In- 

 deed, in these descriptions the most perfect animals 

 have been figured, and not the animal typical of the 

 breed. If many of the Ayrshires hint of the High- 

 land, of which they may inherit something, it is a 

 hint only. Though doubtless something of their 

 unrest and assurance is only half- concealed in her 

 face, there is a cowy or milky look that comes of the 



