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were then disposed of as well as three Vicunas, one 
Guanaco and five Llamas. Two Vicunas had previously 
met with their death from fighting, one being killed out- 
right by his antagonist, and the other “ to save his life.” 
Among the Cattle living at Knowsley, were numerous 
examples of the Humped Indian Cattle of at least 4 
different races, the largest being the white race generally 
called Brahmin, others Zebus, as the straight horned 
Zebu, and the Ghu, and the Wentworth Zebu. Of these 
4 kinds there were 28 specimens, 25 having been Knows- 
ley bred. The finest were the largest, mostly pure white 
shaded with grey, with heavy pendulous hump and sloping 
haunches. These gave rich milk and crossed readily with 
ordinary short horned Cattle, came early to maturity, 
yielded fine and tender beef, in which the fat was deli- 
cately streaked in the lean. Several of these sent to 
market were in good demand, and perhaps might have 
become more thoroughly established if more persistent 
efforts had been maintained. Sir John Orde in Scotland 
shared Lord Derby’s zeal in trying to maintain the breed 
which was kept up for several years and was one of the 
successes of Knowsley. 
The straight horned Zebu had longer and more widely 
spread horns. ‘These beasts were of a rich brown colour 
and were very picturesque as indeed they all were, but 
were little seen even among the few visitors who were 
admitted, as each kind was kept isolated in separate 
paddocks, mostly walled in. 
Beside the Humped Cattle there were one or two exam- 
ples of West African Cattle, the Bos Dante and another. 
Two hybrid Yaks from Central Asia, one a Cow with 
boldly curving horns, a long fringe of hair hanging down 
from the flanks, and a fine large bushy flowing tail, so 
well known in the East as produced by Yaks and used 
