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the proverbial elegance of theirs. A touch of humour 

 has been added by the artist to illustrate the well- 

 known fable. A contemptible little frog in front is 

 endeavouring to innate himself to the size of the superb 

 bull. 



This picture assisted me in coming to a conclusion 

 on one or two important points. I had previously been 

 informed by Michie that the Chillingham cattle had, 

 besides the red ear, a faint line of red hair, as if drawn 

 by a pencil, immediately above the black and hairless 

 muzzle, and intermediate between it and the hair of the 

 face, which, like that of the rest of the body, with the 

 exception of the greater part of the ears, is white. I 

 was much struck with this, for this characteristic has 

 never before been mentioned or alluded to ; and I asked 

 Michie whether all the Chillingham cattle had this 

 mark. His reply was : " All ; it is born with them, 

 and it dies with them." And here was the confirma- 

 tion. That pencil-line of red had not escaped the 

 notice of the observing Landseer, but was clearly 

 shown in his faithful portraits. 



It has been remarked by Youatt, and confirmed by 

 general observation, that white Short-horns have a great 

 tendency to red or roan ears. My own experience leads 

 me to believe that this is true ; and that when their ears 

 are not red or even roan, they will generally be found, on 

 examination, to contain a few red hairs. Mr. Chandos- 

 Pole-Grell and I have also, each independently of the 

 other, long since observed another resemblance between 

 the white Short-horn and the white wild cattle. We both 

 believe that in the white Short-horn a dark or stained 

 nose occurs more frequently than in those of any other 

 colour. To these points of likeness I have now to add 



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