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lour without white spots, a light dun ring round the eye, 

 and the muzzle of the same colour ; fine in bone, and clear 

 neck; thin faced, the tail set on high. The Cows weigh 

 from thirty to forty stone, and the Oxen from forty to sixty. 

 The north Devon is the most esteemed for its flesh. The 

 Sussex and Hereford are larger, of a deep red colour, well 

 made, and bone not larger : an Ox weighs from sixty to 

 one hundred stone. 



4. The Polled breeds, of which the most esteemed is the 

 Galloway, straight in the back, well moulded, with soft 

 hair, black or dark brindled ; not large, weighing gene- 

 rally about forty stone, before they are regularly fattened. 

 They travel well, and reach the London markets, without 

 deterioration. The Suffolk Duns are a variety of this race, 

 introduced from Scotland, and crossed. 



5. The Highland race consists of several varieties, of 

 which the West Highland Argyleshire or Skye form the 

 most valuable : of these the Kyloe from the Hebrides, so 

 named, because in their progress to the south, they cross 

 the Kyloes or ferries in the main land and Western Islands. 

 The Bulls are of middle size, of a black, dark brown, or 

 reddish-brown colour without white ; head small ; muzzle 

 fine; horns rather slender, of a waxy green : they weigh 

 about fifty stone. The other variety is the Norlands, their 

 hides are coarse, the make narrow and long legged. 

 The Orkney or Zetland are of a diminutive size; an 

 ox weighing about sixty pounds a quarter, and a cow 

 forty. They are of all colours, and their shapes generally 

 bad ; but they give a quantity of excellent milk, and fat- 

 ten rapidly. 



6. The Fifeshire appears to be an improved breed of the 

 Highland crossed with the Cambridgeshire. They are black, 

 spotted or gray ; the horns small, white, very erect : the 

 Aberdeenshire are a variety of them. 



7. The Welsh have two breeds ; one large, dark-brown, 



