THE EUMINANT OEDEE. 



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■with other breeds, has produced the most magnificent results. 

 The Durham breed is the most valuable of all the bovine species ; 

 most of the individuals belonging to it are adults at the age of 

 three years, while the Ox in the natural conditions of its develop- 

 ment is not completely formed until the age of six years. 



The next to be mentioned are the breeds of Hereford, Devon, 

 Dishley, Gralloway (in Scotland), or the hornless breed, and that 

 of the West Highlands of Scotland ; then, on the Continent, the 

 Hungarian breed (Fig. 114), remarkable for its elongated horns ; 

 and the Charolaise breed (Fig. 115), which was formerlj' confined 



Fig. HI.— Hungarian Oxen. 



to the environs of Charolles (Saone-et-Loire), but has gradually 

 extended over the entire basin of the Loire, and everywhere 

 tending to supersede the breeds of Maine and Morvan. 



Several of these breeds are represented in the accompanying 

 engravings. 



Tribe of Eummants ichich shed their Horns. — The distinctive 

 characteristic of the animals of this group consists in the texture, 

 shape, and manner of growth of their frontal protuberances. 

 These projections, which are called antlers, and not horns, are 

 bony, solid, and more or less branching ; they are also devoid 

 of the horny casing which exists in all hoUow-horned Euminants. 



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