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Suppose we admit that St. Quintin, and Dobison and his successors, 

 imported Dutch cattle. Both Culley and Bailey say that DobLson 

 and his successors brought only bulls from Holland ; and the one 

 says that "it is said,'' and the other that "/ have been told," that 

 the Dutch bull of Dobison did good ; both say that the other Dutch 

 bulls did harm ; and Bailey says that " there were some intelligent 

 breeders who steered clear of this evil, and from them the jmre Tees- 

 writer breed has descended to the present time." Then it was only from 

 Dobison's bull that the Dutch blood could get into the short-horns ; 

 the race of short-horns was there before that bull came, /or Dobison 

 and his fellow importers brought no cows from Holland. The only 

 person who is said to have imported cows as well as bulls from Hol- 

 land, was Sir William St. Quintin. It is said that Sir James I'eany- 

 man got his cattle from St. Quintin, and that he gave a bxl and 

 cows to George Snowdon ; that, Snowdon's bull having the Dutch 

 blood, of course Hubback had it, as Hubback was by Snowdon's 

 bull ; that Hubback's blood is in all well descended (perhaps all) 

 short-horns, therefore the Dutch blood is in all short-horns. But it 

 is not the fact that Penny man gave a bull and cows to Snowden ; nor 

 is there any evidence to show that Snowdon's bull and cows were of 

 Pennyman's blood. This will be shown under the head of remarks on 

 Hubback's pedigree. Then the Dutch blood, that is now to be 

 deemed a part of the blood of short-horns, must all come from Dobi- 

 son's bull. In the days of the Collings it must have been reduced 

 to at most a one thousandth part ; what part must it be now ? Deci- 

 mal fractions could hardly compute it. If the short-horns have it, 

 they cannot be good in consequence of it, for it is too incalculably 

 small to have the least influence. But the statute of Charles II. 

 cuts off all chance for even this infinitesmal decimal of Dutch blood 

 in short-horns. 



There can be no doubt that originally the short-horns came from 

 the continent. But it was many hundred years since, though at 

 what time no one can say. It is not claimed by any one that they 

 were imported in the last century ; only that they were improved by 

 bulls imported from Holland. Culley says, " in all the accounts ot 

 cattle in this island, which I have seen in deeds or statutes, they are 

 called black cattle. Now, does this not strengthen the opinion of 

 the short-horned breeds being introduced from the continent, some- 

 time after our sea-coasts and low country ivere improved and inclosed j 

 and before that period, is it not probable we had mostly the small 

 black cattle, which are still to be met with in all the wild mountain- 

 ous parts of Wales and Scotland ?" Again he says, " it is pretty 

 evident that owr f.r fathers have imported the short-horned breed of 

 cattle from the continent." Berry, in \\\& first history (of 1824) says 

 ** there exists authentic evidence of facts, which place the short- 

 horns on a level, at leasts with any of their rivals, howsoever high the 



