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INDEX. 



" Carectonia," probably Carrick, 139. 



" Castle Dangerous," Account of a Wild 

 Cattle hunt in, 122. 



Cator, Mr., of Woodbastwick Hall, 

 309. 



Celtic Cattle, Small (see Bos longifrons). 



Charolais Breed, The, 30. 



Chartley Herd, early notices of these 

 cattle as " Wild Beasts," 220 ; black 

 calves considered a family omen, 

 221 ; Author's first visit to the, 223 ; 

 essentially Long-horns, 225; Author's 

 second visit to the, 226 ; peculiar 

 characteristics of the, 231 et seq. ; 

 resemblance between cattle at So- 

 merford Park and, 233 ; not so wild 

 as the Chillingham Cattle, 235 ; at- 

 tempts to cross the herds, 238 ; white 

 cattle in the neighbourhood of the, 

 239 ; Messrs. Pole-Gell and Thornton 

 on the, 240 ; size of the cattle, 243. 



Chartley Park, Erdeswick's account 

 of, 219; extract from an old steward's 

 account-book at, 220. 



Chatton, formerly a royal residence 

 and demesne, 172. 



Chillingham Herd, Bewick's Account 

 of the, 145 et seq.; mentioned by 

 Messrs. Culley and Pennant, ib. ; 

 Lord Tankerville's account of the, 

 152 et seq.; colour of the ears, 155 ; 

 Jesse's statement incorrect, 158 ; 

 Mr. Hindmarsh's account, 159 ; 

 " The Druid " on the, 163 ; BuU shot 

 by H.E.H. the Prince of Wales, 

 165; visit of Messrs. Pole-Gell, 

 Booth, and Thornton to, 168 et seq. ; 

 Author's visit to in 1874, 172 ; length 

 of time for suckling calves, 180 ; 

 Nathusius on the Chillingham skull, 

 170 ; essentially wild cattle, 184 ; 

 attack upon Mr. Hope by a steer of 

 this breed, 187 ; attack upon Lord 

 Ossulston, 188 ; attack upon a 

 keeper, 190 ; thin red line above 

 the muzzle characteristic of the, 193 

 the manementioned byBoethius, 194 

 other characteristics of the, 197 

 specimens preserved by Mr. Briggs 

 of Wooler, 197 ; constitution and 

 government of the, 200 ; a fight for 

 the kingship, 201 ; calving in the, 



203 ; weight and quality of the meat, 



204 ; sick animals often gored, ib. ; 

 past and present statistics of the, 

 205; uncommonly fine and delicate 

 bones, 206 ; questions of fecundity 



and inter-breeding, 209 ; no proof 



that it has never been crossed, 210 ; 



bulls mated with Short-horn heifers, 



217 ; Mr. Culley on the purity of the 



breed, 270. 

 Chillingham, A brief account of, 1 47 ; 



the Castle at, 150 ; ancient British 



encampment at, ib. ; magnificent 



■view near, 172. 

 Clanwilliam, Earl, bull shot by, 161. 

 Clifford-Constable, Sir F. A. Talbot, 



253. 

 Clitumnus, Virgil on the White Cattle 



of, 20. 

 "Coil More," 119. 

 Culley, Mr. George, historian of the 



Chillingham Herd. 144, 270. 

 Cumbernauld Herd, mentioned by 



Boethius, 135 ; history of the, 322 



et seq. 

 Creswell Moss, probable fossil remains 



of the Bos primigenius in, 182. 



D. 



Dalkeith Herd, Aitchison's account 



of the, 346 ; only one bull left, 347. 

 Dark-coloured calves, Destruction of, 



266. 

 Darwin, Professor, on the origin of the 



White Cattle, 1, 3. 

 "Death of the Bull," by Landseer, 



188. 

 Deer-driving, Old Joseph Watson's 



method of, 246. 

 De Musco Campo, The ancient House 



of, 151. 

 Devereux, Sir Walter, 219. 

 Dickinson's description of the Lyrick 



Hall Herd, 115; of Caledonian Forest 



Wild Cattle, 197. 

 Dixon, Mr. H. H, on the Chillingham 



Cattle, 130. 

 Druidism, British, 19, 109. 

 Drumlanrig Herd, 328. 

 " Duncraggan's Milk-white Bull," 124. 

 Dunsmore Heath, Legend of the Wild 



Cow of, 104. 

 Durham, Bishops of, 255. 

 Dynevwr, 109. 



E. 



Eilean nan Con, 119. 

 Epirus, White Cattle of, 23. 

 Extinct British Herds, 320 et seq. 

 Ewelme Park, 99. 



