OXEN IN PLOUGH ON THE COTSWOLDS. 
THE DRAUGHT OX—A SURVIVAL. 
Written and Illustrated with Photographs by 'T. A. GERALD STRICKLAND, F.E.S. 
«« And so we plough along,’ as the fly said to the ox!’’—Longfellow. 
V HEN the very horse is said to be doomed by the advent of the motor-car, 
-waggon, and -plough, and we are told that in a comparatively few years it will 
only be possible to see a living example at the Zoological Gardens, under some such 
label as the following— 
THE HORSE (Equus caballus). 
These animals, in the domesticated state, were at one 
time extremely common, being used as beasts of burthen, 
haulers of various vehicles, and for other purposes, domestic 
and agricultural. They are now practically extinct, and our 
specimens were presented to the Society by H.M. the King. 
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it is interesting to find that the draught ox, though also doomed by “those who 
knew” many, many years ago, can still be found in Hngland, and not im a “collection ” 
either, but actually at work on the land. 
Threatened individuals live long; yet, though these somewhat fascinating, gentle, and 
certainly picturesque creatures are still with us, they are really becoming scarce. They 
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