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dun on the neck and shoulders of the old bulls, some of which are also 

 marked with a few black flecks on the fore quarters. The horns are very 

 uniform in their bend and direction, but are longer in some examples 

 than in others. In form the bulls agree well with Bell's spirited wood- 

 cut of one of the Cliillingham breed ; in some individuals the dewlap 

 is very much developed. The hair of the fore quarters is coarser and 

 shaggier than in the domestic breeds ; but the bulls, both here and 

 in England, have lost the mane which tradition ascribes to the 

 original "mountain bull," and to which Scott alludes in his ' Cadzow 

 Castle:' — 



" Fierce on the hunter's quiver'd band 

 He rolls his eye of swarthy glow, 

 Spurns with black hoof and horn the sand, 

 And losses high his mane of snow." 



The calves are hidden for some days after birth in thickets or 

 among long braken, and if any one is rash enough to meddle with 

 them the whole herd rush to the rescue, and a hollow oak of enormous 

 size is pointed out in which intruders have more than once found 

 refuge from such an attack. Here, as at Chillingham, a few badly 

 marked calves are born every year, and it is curious that these are 

 almost invariably black or black and white, brown ones being hardly 

 ever found. 



Mr. Culley, quoted by Prof. Bell, describes the Chillingham cattle 

 as galloping round a stranger in a gradually decreasing circle, but this 

 habit is not noticed by Lord Tankerville, nor is it observed at Cadzow. 

 Generally the cattle stand motionless for some time, gazing at the in- 

 truder with a wild distrustful stare, very different from the confident 

 and peaceful look of domestic oxen, then they usually move slowly off, 

 the old bulls being the last to retire. Sometimes, however, they are in 

 different humour, advancing with an air which makes the observer 

 glance at the distance betwixt him and the nearest fence. When the 

 bulls are separated from the cows, which is now done every year, they 

 become much excited, and charge with great fury. On such an 

 occasion, a kw years ago, a young bull rushed at the head keeper, who 

 was on horseback, threw horse and rider to the ground, and gored the 

 former severely in the flank. Fortunately the horse regained its feet 

 and galloped off pursued by the bull, thus giving the rider an oppor- 

 tunity for escape. 



The Cadzow cattle feed in the morning and evening, basking in the 

 sun or chewing the cud during the middle of the day. In summer 



