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WILD WHITE CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



above the hoof. One cow had ears only partially black, 

 and the same peculiarity was transmitted to her off- 

 spring. The udder was white, the teats and the 

 tongue black ; and in the summer they are said to have 

 a few black spots on the body. The horns of the bulls, 

 cows, and steers differ materially from each other as 

 well as from those of the Chillingham wild cattle, those 

 of the bulls being thick, flat, and broad at the base, and 

 of a deeper yellow colour, declining outwards with a 

 slight curl. The cows' horns are much longer and 

 thinner, not quite so yellow, and in some cases they are 

 nearly straight, in others they incline downwards and 

 then upwards, while those of the steers were larger 

 than the cows', growing a little downwards, and rising 

 slightly towards the tip. 



TYPES OF HORNS IN THE CHARTLEY HERD. 



" The previous day I saw fourteen of Mr. Chapman's 

 pure two-year-old Long-horn heifers sold by Messrs. 

 Lythall and Clarke at Birmingham. There was some 

 similarity to the Chartley cattle, excepting the colour ; 

 there were, however, no animals at Chartley with the 

 horns strongly curved backwards and downwards, as was 

 the case with some of the brown and brindled Long- 

 horns. In both kinds the hair and symmetry were 

 about equal, though in this the Chartley had a little 



