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In the Lowlands, on the contrary, on account of 

 the varied wants superinduced by civilization, we 

 have a multiplicity of breeds, each best suited to the 

 exigencies of their locality, either at the present or 

 some past period. It is sufficient to mention the 

 Galloway and the Ayrshire. Where the Lowland 

 characteristics and civilization invade the geographi- 

 cal Highlands, we find the shapes and uses of the 

 cattle modified, as in the Aberdeenshire and Angus 

 breeds. 



The most cultivated breed, the highest product of 

 civilization, occurs in that locality where the civiliza- 

 tion is the more ancient. We refer to Ayrshire and 

 the Ayrshires. 



Without other information, it is unreasonable to 

 suppose, with the evidence of wild cattle being 

 domesticated in England, that the present cattle 

 of Scotland are derived entirely from importations, 

 rather than founded on the original stock, modified, 

 in what way you please, by successive crossings or 

 systems of breeding. 



We are accordingly led to examine into what has 

 been chronicled of the wild cattle of Scotland, and 

 to investigate what claims they have to be consid- 

 ered in the light of a foundation upon which the im- 

 proved breeds have been builded. 



