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In West Devonshire, the breed is 

 confiderably fmaller, than in the Northern 

 Diftria: ; and their quahty, in every re- 

 fpedt, is lov^^er. 



In Cornwall, the breed gets coarfer; 

 with fomewhat larger and more upright 

 horns * : bearing a fimilar affinity to the 

 true Devonfliire breed, as the Shropfhire 

 cattle do to thofe of Herefordfliire : a 

 flriking and interefting faft, to thofe at 

 leaft v/ho find gratification, in obferving the 

 different varieties, and affinities, of this 

 valuable fpecies of domeilic animals. 



II. The BREEDING OF CATTLE. 

 I had no opportunity of attending to the 

 pradice of North Devonfhire, in this 

 refpedt. It is highly probable that a con- 

 fiderable fhare of attention has been paid, 

 for fome time paft, to the choice of males, 

 if not of females, alfo ; as it is not pro- 

 bable that accident fhould have raifed them 

 to their prefent excellency. 



R 2 The 



* Refembling, in the turn of the horn, the wild cattle 

 of Northumberland. 



