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quite characteristic. The style of the cow is that of long-gone years, 

 when the Short-horns were less refined than now. She is represented 

 in moderate condition, with full udder and large milk veins, just as 

 one would appear when yielding a full flow of milk. The present 

 statue is comparatively modern, being a copy of the original, which 

 was taken down and too much broken to be replaced when the tower 

 was repaired, between the years 1790 and 1800, as near as I could 

 ascertain. The Cathedral was finished about the year 1300, when 

 the original design was probably sculptured and set. The figures, it 



will be observed, are altogether disproportioned, the maids being too 

 high and the cow too low in stature. It will also be seen that parts 

 of the cow have been mutilated, a part of the tail and two of the 

 teats broken off. 



