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broad. It coutains twelve counties, and sends twenty-four mem- 

 bers to Parliament from the counties, besides the borough mem- 

 bers. It is the country to wliich the ancient Britons fled wiien 

 England was invaded by the Romans, the Saxons, and the Danes 

 and Normans successively, and in 1283 was the first time it submit- 

 ted to a foreign dominion. The general face of the counti y is bold, 

 romantic, with ranges of lofty mountains and extensive valleys. 

 The cattle in this country have always been numerous, strong 

 and healthy; in color inclining to the black. The stock is an 

 original race far back in the annals of time, before any historical 

 memorials appear. Pembroke, Glamorgan, Radnorshire, Flint- 

 shire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, and other counties, 

 contain different herds, sometimes called distinct races. In many 

 places the cattle are of all colors; by crossing it is changed to 

 brindle, brown, red, bay and black, with white faces and bellies, 

 or red with white faces and bellies. 



No less than four counties of Wales border on the Bristol 

 Channel; besides Hereford, Shropshire, Cheshire and Gloucester- 

 shire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Devonshire and Somerset- 

 shire, are in its immediate neighborhood. 



The American people, in early times, came very much from 

 Wales, especially into Rhode Island, the southern part of Mas- 

 sachusetts, and the eastern part of Connecticut, bringing their 

 cattle with them. The Welsh people have ever been renoAvned 

 for their love of liberty and independence, and it is said that no 

 less than sixteen members who signed the American Declaration 

 of Independence in 1776, were descended from different families 

 in Wales; in other words, they were the descendants of Welsh- 

 men. 



Glamorgan Cattle. 



These cattle are from the ancient Welsh cattle. They have a 

 great aptitude to fatten. They are stout and active, strong for 

 husbandry, and seem to be closely allied, in their habits, to the 

 Devons. 



The Glamorgan cattle were originally esteemed one of tlie licst 

 breeds in England. They were of the ancient Welsh stock, but 

 more or less crossed on the Devons. The old feeders in Leices- 

 tershire, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire were in the habit of pur- 



