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weakly state, and Mr. Brookes told Dr. Rogerson, that he had much difficulty in 

 making it bear the journey from Grodno, a distance of about 800 miles, and was 

 obliged to give it the most nourishing diet, which was principally ground malt. In 

 its general appearance, the male character predominated, particularly in the head, 

 horns, neck, shoulders, and organs of generation. The flanks and hind-quarters 

 had a greater resemblance to those of the cow. The penis was of the ordinary 

 size, and had the common appearance ; the preputium had the tuft of hair at the 

 orifice, as in the bull. The urine was ejected through the penis. It had an udder 

 in the common situation, which was smaller, and more globular, that that of the 

 cow, and its teats were less pendulous. Dr. Rogers found one of the testicles, by 

 pressing on the udder, but was unable to detect the other. There was an external 

 orifice in the situation of the vagina, but so small as not to appear capable of re- 

 ceiving more than the point of the fore finger. Dr. Rogerson thinks, from its 

 appearance, that it never could have admitted the male, much less have brought 

 forth a calf, which had been asserted, but without any proof whatever. Mr. 

 Brookes, who is now in this country, admits that it had never received the male, or 

 brought forth young, while in his possession ; but asserts that it had several times 

 covered the female, and had begot 5 calves. This assertion, Dr. Rogerson thinks 

 highly deserving of credit. The udder contained milk capable of giving cream, 

 but the quantity was very small. When Dr. Rogerson was present, only 1 oz. 

 could be procured ; but he was told that at other times a tea-cupful was drawn. 

 Mr. Brookes states, that he saw an English pint milked at one time. 



As the teats of the bull are in the same situation as those of the cow, it became 

 an object of inquiry, whether any males of that tribe of animals, that were not 

 hermaphrodites, had ever been known to give milk; and I find there are two instances 

 recorded in the Phil. Trans, of wethers having given suck. 



One is on the testimony of the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, who states that a lamb 

 was nourished by the milk, and when the teats were pressed, milk came out *. 

 The other is on the testimony of Mr. Kirke, of Cookridge, in Yorkshire. He 

 mentions, that Sir William Lowther had a lamb suckled by a wether. The lamb 

 sucked during the whole summer, and after it was weaned, milk could be pressed 

 from the teats : each side of the udder was the size of a hen's egg. This account 

 is dated Sept. 28th, 16*94. He gives a 2d relation, in Nov., stating that the udder 

 was reduced in size, but there was still some milk in it, and no appearance of the 

 animal being an hermaphrodite -f~. A case is also recorded in the Phil Trans., voL 

 41, p. 813, of a man giving suck to a child 2 months old; this however is not 

 stated with sufficient accuracy to allow any stress being laid on it, though it would 

 have been improper not to have noticed it in this place. 



In considering the influence of the testicles on the constitution of the male 

 which is rendered so evident by contrasting it with those cases in which the testi- 

 cles are imperfect, it leads to a supposition, that the ovaria may have a similar in- 

 * Phil. Trans, vol. 45, p. 502.~Orig. f p hil. Trans, vol. 18, g. 26&— Orig. 



