CHAPTEE IX. 



The Chillingham Herd {continued) — The Chillinghams essentially "Wild Cattle — 

 Attacks upon Mr. Hope — upon Lord Ossulston — and the Keeper — Landseer's 

 Pictures — Thin Ked Line above the Muzzle — a Characteristic of the Herd — 

 The Mane — Tendency to Black in Ears and Horns — and to Black Spots. 



I propose in this chapter to state further facts and 

 circumstances, the result of my own investigations with 

 regard to the habits and characteristics of the Chil- 

 lingham wild cattle, which tend to confirm or to correct 

 in various ways the statements previously published. 

 They are undoubtedly now, and for ages past have 

 been, essentially wild cattle. This has sometimes been 

 denied, on the ground that Highland kyloes, when 

 allowed to range in a semi- wild state, " get almost 

 like wild animals, acting exactly like these Chil- 

 lingham cattle." I cannot see the force of this objec- 

 tion. It is based upon the fact that these kyloes 

 have made a certain progress towards reverting to a 

 state of nature ; and such is the case with all domestic 

 cattle when freed from subjection to man, and allowed 

 abundance of range and pasture. The full result (par- 

 tial only with the Highlander) has been attained in the 

 wild herds of the Falkland Islands and in those of the 

 northern island of New Zealand, all sprung from 

 domestic cattle which have resumed the feral state. 

 Their habits are those of essentially wild animals. But 

 it may be said that, this being allowed, it cannot be 

 shown that these Chillingham cattle have been always 



