ABOUT CATTLE. 



Wild Cattle. 



IN the last chapter you have read that it is 

 stated by scientific men, who have given a care- 

 ful study to the question, that the forefathers of 

 the present domesticated horse, the wild horses, 

 lived and wandered in herds over dryish plains ; 

 that they developed their quick hearing, their 

 keen eyesight, great staying powers, and high 

 speed in their endeavours to escape being cap- 

 tured and eaten by their enemies that lived 

 around them. 



Now, if you observe and consider the natural 

 habits and bodily formation of our domesticated 

 cattle, you will come to the conclusion that their 

 wild forefathers, the wild cattle, could not have 

 lived on open, dry plains, but that they must 

 have lived in districts wet and marshy, which 

 were probably well studded with trees. 



As one proof of this, compare the foot of a 

 horse with the foot of a cow. The foot of a 

 horse is round, it is really the nail of the third 



