HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 39 



Lord Middleton; at Gisburne, in Craven, York- 

 shire; at Lime Hall, in Cheshire; and at Chartley, 

 in Staffordshire. 



The principal external appearances which dis- 

 tinguish this breed of cattle from all others, are 

 the following: Their colour is invariably white; 

 muzzles black; the whole of the inside of the ear, 

 and about one-third of the outside, from the tip 

 downwards, red*; horns white, with black tips, 

 very fine, and bent upwards: some of the Bulls 

 have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a half 

 or two inches long. 



At the first appearance of any person, they set 

 off in full galop, and at the distance of two or three 

 hundred yards, make a wheel round, and come 

 boldly up again, tossing their heads in a menacing 

 manner: on a sudden they make a full stop, at the 

 distance of forty or fifty yards, looking wildly at 

 the object of their surprise; but upon the least 

 motion being made, they all again turn round, and 

 run off with equal speed, but not to the same 

 distance: forming a shorter circle, and again 

 returning with a bolder and more threatening 

 aspect than before, they approach much nearer, 

 probably within thirty yards; when they make 

 another stand, and again run off: this they do 

 several times, shortening their distance, and ad- 



* About twenty years since, there were a few, at Chillingham, 

 with BLACK EARS, but the present park-keeper destroyed them; 

 since which period there has not been one with black ears. The 

 ears and noses of all those at Wollaton, are BLACK. At Gisburne 

 there are some perfectly WHITE, except the inside of their ears, which 

 are BROWN. They are without horns, very strong boned, but not 

 high. They are said to have been originally brought from Whalley- 

 abbey, in Lancashire, upon its dissolution in the thirty-third of 

 Henry the Eighth. Tradition says, they were drawn to Gisburne 

 by the ' power of music.' 



