94 BRITISH QUADRUPEDS. 



" It is observable of them, as of red deer, that they 

 have a peculiar faculty of taking advantage of the irre- 

 gularities of the ground, so that on being disturbed they 

 may traverse the whole park, and yet you hardly get a 

 sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get 

 up slowly, set off in a walk, then a trot, and seldom 

 begin to gallop till they have put the ground between 

 you and them in the manner that I have described. In 

 form, they are beautifully shaped, short legs, straight 

 black horns of a very fine texture, thin skin, so that 

 some of the bulls appear of a cream colour ; and they 

 have a peculiar cry, more like that of a wild beast than 

 that of ordinary cattle. 



" When they come down into the lower part of the 

 park, which they do at stated hours, they move like a 

 regiment of cavalry in single files, the bulls leading the 

 van, as in retreat it is the bulls that bring up the rear. 

 Lord Ossulton was witness to a curious way in which 

 they took possession, as it were, of some new pasture 

 recently laid open to them. It was in the evening, 

 about sunset. They began by lining the front of a 

 small wood, which seemed quite alive with them, when 

 all of a sudden they made a dash forward altogether in 

 a line, and charging close by him across the plain, they 

 then spread out, and after a little time began feeding." 



