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The style and carriage of these cattle is striking 

 and majestic, and they nnite with this considerable size, 

 while their magnificent horns add much to their gran- 

 deur, and recall at once to the memory the accounts of 

 the ancient Bos urus. I particularly observed how deep 

 and massive were the fore quarters of the bull as he 

 passed near us. His shoulders were beautifully formed ; 

 he had a wonderful amount of leather beneath his chin; 

 nor could "Comet," or the celebrated "Duke of Northum- 

 berland," have had a much finer dewlap. As in all wild 

 animals, the hind quarters were comparatively lighter 

 than the fore ; but they were well shaped, good, and 

 long, and both the back and belly-line were straight. 



We saw also in a paddock, at a distance of scarcely 

 twenty yards, a young bull two years old, and a lovely 

 little heifer-calf of about two months, the orphan off- 

 spring of the eighteen-months-old heifer which had 

 died prematurely ; it was nursed by an ordinary cow. 

 The snowy whiteness of its colour was beautifully 

 relieved by its jet-black eyes, ears, and muzzle ; its 

 hairy coat a thousand-guinea " Duchess " might have 

 envied; and as it stared at us, the picture of wild grace 

 and beauty, I longed much for a Landseer to reproduce 

 its likeness. What struck me most forcibly on this my 

 first visit, though I had been prepared for it * by Mr. 

 Chandos-Pole-Grell, was that the Chartley cattle, like 

 the original domestic breed of the part of the country 

 they inhabit, are essentially Long-horns. To such an 

 extent is this the case that this gentleman, who is well 

 acquainted with the old Long-horu cattle, remarked to 

 me that he thought a cross with the Chartley would 

 probably largely contribute to the restoration of that 

 breed. But of this, and other particulars I observed 



