204 WILD WHITE CATTLE OF GEE AT BRITAIN. 



" I have known a few cases — when the weather was 

 cold and misty — of the cow not leaving her calf at all 

 till she brought it into the herd with her on the second 

 day after calving. Owing, no doubt, to the coldness, 

 the calf did not sleep sound enough for her to leave or 

 steal away from it." Perhaps, too, it might require the 

 additional warmth of the mother tying by its side. This 

 last account is, I am informed, analogous to the habits 

 of park deer under similar circumstances. 



With regard to their goring the sick, it appears 

 that such is the case. Michie says that " a sickly 

 animal is sure to be badly used. A case of the kind 

 came under my notice last year, when feeding the cattle 

 one morning. A bull made a rush at a sickly steer, 

 and threw him over. When he fell the cattle gave a 

 most unearthly yell, and closed in around him. At the 

 moment I had no doubt that they would gore him to 

 death ; but he lay quite still, apparently feigning death, 

 and in a few minutes they all went to their feed again. 

 The fallen animal then lifted up his head, and seeing 

 they were gone, he rose up and quietly followed after 

 them, as if nothing had happened." 



The weights of the Chillingham cattle appear to be 

 somewhat less than they were said to be by Culley, but 

 his inquiries upon the subject may have been less strict 

 than mine. The average weight of the steers is at 

 present rather less than 40 stones of 14 lb., that of 

 the cows about 30 stones. The heaviest steer killed of 

 late years weighed 42 st. 3 lb. ; the heaviest cow 

 33 st. 9 lb. The adult bulls weigh heavier than 

 either. The clean carcase of that shot by Lord Clan- 

 william in 1826 weighed 56 stones; the one shot by the 

 Prince of Wales in 1872 weighed nearly 60 stones. This 



