262 WILD WHITE CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



forehead, in which point the difference between the pure- 

 bred stock and the others was very observable. Con- 

 sidering their great milking powers, their girth, width 

 through the heart, and depth and fulness of bosom, were 

 extraordinary. So was also the large amount of flesh 

 they Carried ; and as a whole they were most beautiful, 

 graceful, and stylish objects among the trees of that fine 

 park, decorating it in the same peculiarly striking man- 

 ner as is the case at Chillingham. And my friend — a 

 man of great taste — observed, when they were brought 

 up by the herdsman from a distance : — " It was a sight 

 to see them walk up," so nobly majestic was their 

 carriage. On their polls they all wore, in greater or 

 less abundance, the toppin of long hair I had seen at 

 Chartley, and the bailiff considered this a peculiar 

 hereditary distinction of the race. 



What has been said of the cows applies to the three 

 in-calf heifers — their daughters. All were fine, well- 

 grown cattle, quite equalling in size any average Short- 

 horn dairy cows in those parts of the country where 

 the growth of the Short-horn is well developed. Usually 

 they are kept in quite an ordinary manner, and are 

 reared like common dairy cattle : their principal advan- 

 tage being that the land on which they pasture is 

 undoubtedly good. Unfortunately, no steers have ever 

 been kept; but the cows, when fed, average ten score a 

 quarter, or fifty-seven stone of fourteen pounds. I can 

 now easily understand the old herdsman at Grisburne 

 Park declaring that the wild cattle there, which these 

 much resemble, were as large as Short-horns. The 

 meat, I was told by the bailiff, is very fine in quality 

 and of most delicious flavour. 



It is, however, their milking powers that make the 



