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other refpeds, to the breeds of Glo- 

 CESTERSHiRE and South Wales. 



Thefe feverai breeds I conceive to have 

 fprung from the f?:me ftock. Their coloui* 

 apart, they perfe(fdy refemble the wild 

 CATTLE which aie ftill preferved in 

 Chillingham Park, in Northum- 

 berland; a Seat of the Earl of Tan- 

 ker ville : and it appears to me, that 

 the different breeds, above noticed, are 

 varieties, ariiing from foils and manage- 

 ment, of the ^NATIVE BREED OF 

 THIS ISLAND. A race of animals* 

 which, it is highly probable, once ranged 

 it, in a ftate of nature ; as the buffalo 

 does, at this day, the favage regions of 

 North America. The black mountain 

 breeds of Scotland and Wales appear* 

 to me, evidently, to be from the fame 

 race ; agreeing in everything, but colour> 

 with the red breeds that are here adduced„ 

 The Jhorf horned breed, it is well known, 

 were imported from the Continent; 

 and the longhorned, it is more than pro- 

 bable, might be traced from Ireland. 

 The Devonfhire breed of cattle vary 

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