HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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THE LANCASHIRE OX. 



THE Cows and Oxen are smaller. Their horns 

 are long* and small, very smooth; and their colour, 

 in general, approaches to yellow : their hair is 

 beautifully curled ; and their whole form extremely 

 handsome. The Oxen frequently grow to a con- 

 siderable size, are very active, and consequently 

 useful in the draught. They are well suited to a 

 cold climate, and grow fat on indifferent pastures. 



In Scotland there are two kinds, which differ 

 greatly from each other, as \vell as from all those 

 in the southern part of this island. 



Those of the county of Galloway are without 

 horns, and generally of a reddish-brown colour, 

 mixed with black. Large droves of these are 

 yearly brought into the southern parts of the 

 kingdom, where they soon greatly improve. 



