170 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



After our inspection was over, we availed our- 

 selves of a waggon going to the town drawn by 

 two of the Cyprus donkeys, who rattled us along 

 at a good pace. We stopped on the way to see 

 the three government bulls allotted to the town 

 of Mostar. They are of the Tyrolese breed. I 

 do not pretend to any great knowledge of cattle, 

 so will only say they seemed to me excellently 

 adapted to their purpose of improving the breed 

 in this mountainous region. They are iron-grey 

 in colour, and a little smaller than our Jerseys. 

 Their worst point seemed to me to lie behind 

 the shoulder. There are hundreds of these bulls 

 throughout the province, and the number is 

 annually increased; but of course they are not 

 collected in winter. The conditions on which 

 they are supplied are different to those of the 

 horses, of which the use is absolutely free to 

 breeders. The bulls are handed over to the 

 communes, who are bound to house, feed, and 

 look after them. At the end of three years they 

 become their property. 



To show how thoroughly the Austrian Govern- 

 ment has taken the matter in hand, I may add 

 that they not only supply the people with gratui- 

 tous horses and bulls, but have also provided 

 hundred of rams, boars, and even Langshan 

 poultry. Even the question of purchasing dogs 

 has been the subject of official correspondence. 



