Mr. Cole, the keeper, adds the following statements 

 from his own observation. " There are about eighty in 

 the herd, comprising twenty-five bulls, forty cows, and 

 fifteen steers of various ages. The eyes, eye-lashes, and 

 tips of the horns alone are black. The muzzle is brown, 

 the inside of the ears are red and brown, and all the 

 rest of the animal white. Even the bulls have no manes, 

 but a little coarse hair on their neck. They fight for 

 supremacy until a few of the most powerful subdue the 

 others, and the mastery is no longer disputed. When 

 two bulls are separated by accident, they fight when 

 they meet, although friendly before, and do so till they 

 become friends again." 



The late Mr. Bailey of Chillingham found a calf two 

 or three days old, very poor and weak. On stroking it, 

 it retired a few paces, and then bolted at him with all 

 its force, a strong fact in support of the opinion of the 

 natural wildness of these animals ; he stepped out of its 

 way, and it fell down, when the whole flock came to its 

 rescue, and forced him to retreat. These wild cattle do 

 not often die from disease, but they are seldom allowed 

 to live more than eight or nine years, at which period, 

 " they begin to go back." When slaughtered, they weigh 

 from thirty-eight to forty-two stones. 



One was caught and kept, and became as tame as the 



