3j8 CATTLE. 3^ 



more or lefs tends, and which diflinguifhcs it, 

 ind has long diflinguifhed it, from the huf- 

 bandry of all other countries. 



The praftice of fatting bullocks on turncps 

 IS, however, now beginning to creep into 

 every part of the kingdom : but it may b« 

 faid to be flill in a flatc of infancy every 

 where, except in Norfolk; and an accurate 

 account of the practice of this parent-county 

 cannot fail of being ufeful to every other tur- 

 nep-land Diflridb. 



Impreffed with this idea, I fpared no pains, 

 HOT let Hip any opportunity, of making my felf 

 acquainted with the fubjcdl. The refult of 

 my obfervations and enquiries I regiftered as 

 they occurred, and appear in the Minutes.* 

 AU, therefore, that remains to be done in this 

 place, is to make a general analyfis of the fub- 



tcntlon of being fatted ; whether they be oxen, flcerf, 

 heifers, or cows. A fimple general term is much wanted 

 in this cafe ; and, although the term bullocks may not be 

 entirely free from objeftion, I ftiall, in this place, adopt 

 it, Dr, Johnfon defiues it "a young bull;" but the 

 mod general acceptation of it, at prefent, is--*'an aged ox." 

 Upon the whole its meaning is vague, and it may without 

 much impropriety, be applied to fatting and fatted cat- 

 tle. 



