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the practical chemist would be greatly at a loss for some of his most valuable produc- 

 tions if the entire Ox tribe were swept from the earth. Not even the very intestines 

 are allowed to be wasted, but are employed for a variety of purposes, and in a variety 

 of trades. Sometimes the bones are subjected to a process which extracts every nu- 

 tritious particle out of them, and even in that case, the remaining innutritious portions 

 of the bones are made useful by being calcined, and manufactured into the animal 

 charcoal which has lately been so largely employed in many of the arts and sciences. 



The best living example of the original British Ox is to be found in the celebrated 

 white cattle of Chillingham. 



LANCASHIRE BULL. 



The color of these beautiful animals is a cream-white, with the exception of the ears and 

 muzzle, the former of which are red, and the latter is black. Mr. Bell observes, that 

 in every case of white cattle which have passed under his personal notice, the ears are 

 marked with red or black, according to the breed. The white tint extends even to the 

 horns, which are, however, tipped with black. They are rather slender in their make, 

 and curve boldly upwards. As these Chillingham cattle are permitted to range at will 

 through spacious parks in which they are kept, they retain many of the wild habits of 

 their tribe, and are so impatient of observation that a stranger will generally find him- 

 self in a very unsafe position if he attempts to approach closely to the herd. 



When they are alarmed or provoked at the intrusion of a strange human being within 

 the limit of their territories, they toss their heads wildly in the air, paw the ground, and 

 steadfastly regard the object of their dislike. If he should make a sudden movement, 

 they scamper away precipitately, gallop round him in a circle, and come to another 

 halt at a shorter distance. This process is continually repeated, the diameter of the 



