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underftood that this chanting march, which 

 may fometimxes be heard to' a confiderabk 

 diftance, encourages and animates the 

 team, as the mufic of a marching army, or 

 the fong of the rowers. Let this be as it 

 may, I have never feen fo much cheerful- 

 nefs attending the operation of plowing, 

 anywhere, as in Devonfhire. 



The native breed of this Diftri6t are 

 fomewhat too finall, for heavy work. But, 

 in the North of the county, they are larger, 

 and fitter for the yoke ; and are, indeed, 

 on the whole, the beft working cattle I have 

 anywhere feen. Thefe breeds will be 

 fpoken of, more fully, under the head 

 Cattle- 



Oxen are here worked to a full age : 

 fometimes to ten or twelve years old. 

 ^ I met with no sp^vyed heifers in the 

 Diilricft. The art of fpaying does not 

 appear to be known in the country. 



III. CART HORSES, fmce the intro- 



dud:ion of wheel carriages, are beginning 



to creep into the Difhrid:. They .are 



moflly of the black, heavy-heeled, unpro- 



I 3 Citable 



