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suers, a common cause of it ; and that these animals are 

 greatly affected by their ordinary treatment is beyond 

 dispute. Mr. Bakewell has obtained much celebrity 

 for his management of cattle, and he is always very 

 gentle. All his bulls, therefore, stand still in the field to 

 be examined j they are driven home, or from one field 

 to another by a little switch j he or his men walk by 

 their side, and guide them with the stick wherever they 

 please, and to this method they are accustomed from 

 being calves. A lad, with a stick three feet long, and 

 the size of his finger, will conduct a bull from other 

 bulls, and his cows from one end of the farm to the 

 other. The mischief often done by bulls is therefore 

 owing to total neglect, or contrary practices. 



It appears, indeed, that cattle, like oftier animals, are 

 the creatures of circumstances. Nothing commonly 

 occurs to call forth and stimulate sagacity ; were it 

 otherwise, even this interesting quality would doubtless 

 be displayed. The conclusion is warranted by such 

 cases as the following : A gentleman near Laggan 

 had a bull which grazed with the cows in the open 

 meadows, and as fences are scarcely known in that part, 

 a boy was kept to watch, lest the cattle should trespass 

 on the neighbouring fields and destroy the corn. But 

 the boy was fat and drowsy ; he was often found asleep, 



