HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE KYLOE OX. 



THE Highland Cattle, and those bred in the 

 Western Islands, are very small, and partake 

 much of the wildness of the country of which they 

 are natives. They are mostly black, with fine 

 white horns, very sharp, and black at the points; 

 their hair is thick and furry. Great numbers of 

 them are annually sold into England at the great 

 northern fairs. They are greatly esteemed for the 

 fineness and sweetness of their beef, as well as for 

 the facility with which they acquire a considerable 

 degree of fatness, even with moderate feeding. 



Although the Oxen of this breed, when fed in 

 the ordinary way, do not exceed forty stones the 

 four quarters, one of them, fed by Mr. Spearman, 

 of Rothley Park, in Northumberland, weighed, 

 when killed in 1790, at the age of six years > 

 eighty-one stones. 



In Great Britain, the Ox is the only horned 

 animal that will apply his strength to the service 

 of mankind ; and, in general, is more profitable 



