WILD CATTLE OF CHILL1NGHAM 



The origin of our domestic breeds of cattle is a question re- 

 garding which many conjectures have been made, though the 

 matter is still involved in considerable doubt. They are possibly 

 in part descended from the gigantic prehistoric Wild Ox (Bos 

 primigenius] of Western Europe, which survived into historic 

 times and was probably the form known to the ancient Romans 

 by the name of Urus. In Chillingham Park, Northumberland, and 

 elsewhere, wild white cattle are still preserved, and it is considered 

 by some authorities that these are to be regarded as the dwarfed 

 descendants of the Urus. This view, however, cannot be regarded 

 as definitelv established. 



