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of St. Osyth, with its small chapel of the fourteenth 

 century, now in ruins, rivalling Creslow in the 

 richness of its pasture. Next to this is Fleet 

 Marston, with its little parish church standing in 

 the middle of a rich feeding enclosure called ' Chapel 

 Ground,' in which parish is Putlowes, the rival of 

 Creslow in fertility ; then following onwards there 

 are about twelve miles of matchless grass land along 

 the Eythrope valley, watered by the River Thame, 

 falling into the Isis at Dorchester, in Oxfordshire, 

 and then forming the mighty Tamesis, Thame-Isis, 

 or Thames. After this digression, I must conclude 

 my notice of Hereford cattle, remarking that the 

 cows of this tribe are not such deep milkers as that of 

 the Ayrshires or the Shorthorns, nor is the milk as 

 creamy as the Jerseys or Guernseys, yet their milk is 

 rich and good, and the cows are excellent mothers. 

 I may sum up my notice of this grand tribe of cattle 

 by saying I believe the Hereford breed, as a flesh- 

 forming animal, has no superior. The meat itself 

 is as good as the best Scotch or Devon, and it is 

 well known that the breed, when exported, succeeds 

 in any climate ; therefore England may well be 

 proud of her white-faced Herefords. In no part of 

 the world is to be found a more picturesque sight than 

 a rich deep green pasture, well tenanted with this 

 beautiful race of horned animals. Their sweet 

 calm countenances of curled silky hair, their rich 

 brown-red coats, set off by the pure white of the 

 face, back, and bosom, with the meek glance of 

 their eyes, the pink skin of their lips and nostrils, 



