342 CATTLE. 3$. 



parts of the Lowlands, efpecially in the rich- 

 land counties of Lothian, in the neighbour- 

 bood of Edinburgh. I have known them fat- 

 ted to eighty flone ; and have been informed, 

 from authority which I have no reafon to 

 doubt, that they have been known to reach 

 near one hundred ftone (of fourteen pounds 

 each). • 



Lowland Scots. The ordinary breed of 

 ilackcattki in the Lowland counties, are aiizc 

 below the Galloways, — and appear to be a 

 mixture between thefe and the Highland Scots. 

 Sixty Hone is a good weight for a Lowland 

 Scot. His form and inclination to fat partake 

 of the Galloway breed : the former, however,. 

 is feldom fo near pcrfedion as is that of a true 

 Galloway Scot. Lowland Scots ar€ fome of 

 them horned, fome of them polled : their colour 

 black, or brindled, or dun. 



Highland Scots. This feems to be a diftin(!t 

 breed. The fize is beneath that of the Lowland 

 Scot : forty to fifty ftpne is the ordinary weight 

 ©f a Highland Scot. In form, iiefh, and fat- 

 ting quality, the " Highlanders'' refemble 

 inuch the Galloway Scots ; except that theiF 

 ^acj^s in general arc coarfer, their bone pro- 



portionably 



