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used to speak about them, and he feels pretty sure she 

 described them as white." I think it very probable 

 that both statements are correct, and that they varied 

 from a white colour to a light dun. 



At present we have no clue to the origin of these 

 Leigh Park cattle. I think it most probable that they 

 date back to monastic times, and that the variation in 

 colour was possibly produced by some cross. The dis- 

 covery of their existence is an interesting circumstance, 

 for it is the only instance yet known of a wild herd 

 inhabiting the West of England; and this herd was 

 clearly very wild. 



