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thcifles : largeft of the ifland cattle thofc ot 

 Skie : often hornlefs in the highlands. Dur^ 

 ing Winter feed on fea- wrack, fuch as tang, 

 &c. and tho' out of fight of the fea, will 

 regularly feek the fhores "at the recefs of the 

 tides* The flags of the iflands do the fame. 



'vViW. 'INTONE at prefent found unconfined* 



jS% The offspring of the original breed 

 ftill preferved in the parks of Hamilton and 

 Drumlanrig ; and alfu in that of ChilUngham" 

 Cafile^ in Northumberland, Are of a milk*^ 

 white color ; have black ears, muzzles and 

 orbits; horns fine, and bending out ; flender 

 legs ; very wild \ and fly like deer at the 

 fight of man ; generally on full gallop : very 

 fierce, and dangerous when wounded, at- 

 tacking their affailant with great fury. Never 

 approach the cattle-yards, but when com- 

 pell'd by hunger in very fevere weather : 

 always lie out •, their hides on that account 

 tougher, and more valued by curriers than 

 thofe of tame cattle. The carcafs of an ox 

 of this kind weighs 38 (tones Englijh, of a 

 cow 28 ftones. 



In Boethius*s days wild everywhere ; had 

 great manes ; I fuppofe long hair on their 

 necks and fhouldcrs, like the wild bulls of 

 N. America •, now haVe loft that diftindlion : 

 feem co have been the fame with the Bijontes 



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