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and through every other district of Britain, they exhibit 

 a great variety, yet are generally conformed to the soil 

 and the climate. 



The breeds of cattle, as they are now found in Great 

 Britain, have been classed according to the comparative 

 size of their horns. The long horns, originally, so far as 

 this country is concerned, from Lancashire, but much 

 improved in Leicestershire, appear through the greater 

 part of the midland counties. The short horns, originally 

 from East York, and improved in Durham, are mostly 

 found in Lincolnshire and the northern counties, and 

 many of them, wherever much attention is given to the 

 dairy. The middle horns are a distinct and valuable 

 breed, inhabiting principally the north of Devon, the 

 east of Sussex, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire : 

 The polled, or hornless cattle, prevail in Galloway, 

 whence they were first derived, and in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk ; and the little Alderney cow, with her crumpled 

 horn, is found in gentlemen's parks and pleasure-grounds 

 very generally. 



The management of cattle sometimes calls for much 

 activity. Their summer pasturing in distant glens, 

 and on their enclosing mountains, is practised in 

 the Highlands of Scotland. Mrs. Grant describes this 

 " flitting" of the people with her usual animation. " This 



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