CATTLE. 



and that, unless a great deal of care is taken that the cow shall not 

 be in too good condition at the time of calving, she is subject to 

 puerperal fever, or " drooping ;" while many a calf is lost from the 

 too stimulating quality of her milk. 



WALES. 



To the Principality we naturally look for some trace of the 

 native breed of cattle, for the Welsh were never entirely subdued 

 by any of the early invaders. The Romans possessed merely a por- 

 tion of that country ; the Saxons scarcely penetrated at all into 

 Wales, or not beyond the county of Monmouth ; the Welsh long re- 

 sisted the superior power of the English under the Xorman kings ; 

 and it was not until late in the thirteenth century that the Principali- 

 ty was annexed to the crown of England. We therefore expect to 

 find more decided specimens of the native productions of our island : 

 nor are we altogether disappointed. 



The principal and the most valuable portion of the cattle of Wales 

 are the middle horns. They are, indeed, stunted in their growth, 

 from the scanty food which their mountains yield, but they beai 

 about them, in miniature, many of the points of the Devon, Sussex, 

 and Hereford cattle. 



THE PEMBROKE OX. 



