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Gunton Park Cattle — Eev. G. Gilbert's Eeport in 1875 — Severe Injury 

 to the Herd from Cattle Plague — Characteristics of the Cattle — Quite 

 Domesticated — The Woodbastwick Herd — Also from the Gunton Cattle 

 — Not now Pure — Calves exchanged with Blickling — Crossed with 

 Short-horns in 1864— Eev. G. Gilbert's Eeport in 1875— These White 

 Polled Cattle quite distinct from those of Scotland or the Eastern 

 Counties — White Cattle of Brooke House — Proofs of the Influence of 

 the Wild Breed upon English Domestic Cattle 299 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Extinct Scottish Herds — The Cumbernauld Herd — History of the Cumber- 

 nauld Estate — Historical and Heraldic Notices of the Cattle — Their 

 Extinction — The Drumlanrig Herd— Notices of the Cattle, and their 

 Extinction — The Auchencruive Herd — The Ardrossan Herd — Introduced 

 about 1750 — Abandoned in 1820 — Tradition that the Cattle were 

 originally horned — Bemoval of the last Specimens- to Duchal, ami 

 Disappearance there . . . . . . . . . .320 



CHAPTER XVII, 



Existing Scottish Herds of White Cattle — The Hamilton Herd — Mr, Brown's 

 Description— Differences between the Hamilton and Chillingham Cattle 

 — Nearly extirpated during the Cromwellian Period — Probability of 

 their being Crossed then and subsequently — Further Probability that 

 they were formerly Hornless — Now only partially so — Mr, Chandos- 

 Pole-Gell's Account — The Athole Herd — Sold in 1834 — and then divided 

 — Lord Breadalbane's Portion lost as a Pure Herd — But crossed with 

 other Cattle — The Duke of Buccleuch more successful — James Aitchi- 

 son's Account of the Dalkeith Herd — Slaughtered in 1838, with sole 

 Exception of one Bull — The Kilmory semi- wild Herd — How formed by 

 Sir John Orde — Last Cross in 1852 — Present State and Management 

 of the Kilmory Herd— Mr. Chandos-Pole-Gell's Account of it . . 338 



CHAPTER XVIII, 



Conclusions — General Eesemblance in the White Herds — White not im- 

 probably the Colour of the Ancient Urus — Differences — These Differ- 

 ences extend even to Structure — Proof the White Herds afford of the 

 Destructive Effects of In-breeding .... . 357 



APPENDIX I. 

 The Turnbull Legend 368 



APPENDIX II. 



A List of Localities where Wild White Cattle or their Descendants are 



proved to have existed , . . .375 



