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A quicker movement is required for a ftagc- 

 waggon than for a dray, and fomething more 

 of fpirit in the horfe. A true dray-horfe could 

 not lad long in a waggon -, as he is rather too 

 heavy. 



SECTION XXVII. 



Opinion on Draught Oxen ; the Sort for Juch 



UJe. 



THE Devon ox is a pattern, as to make 

 and mape, for all draught-oxen The Devon- 

 fhire ox is better formed to move than any fort 

 I have feen, excepting the Scotch ox, called the 

 Fifefhire ox, which is made better in refpecl to 

 walking than any other; for he has the bed 

 feet I ever met with. The Welfh ox is in ma- 

 ny refpects fimilar to the Scotch. 



The ox moftly ufed by our farmers is of the 

 Tees-water or Durham, and the Holdernefs 

 fpecies. 



The Devon/hire oxen are as good, if not 

 better feeders than any fort I have yet feen : 

 they attain very heavy weights, and cut up as 

 fine as any, without exception. 



The Fifefhire fattens net fo quickly as the 

 Devonfhire 0x5 but, when fat, is equally de- 

 licious. The 



