504 Wild Cattle of Great Britain. 
known nothing about them. The tradition is that they have been 
here two hundred years.” It is probably the best representative 
extant of the hornless and tame 
variety of the originally wild 
white breed. It is of great 
importance, as showing what 
and of great value the numer- 
ous ancient herds of white 
polled cattle were. Perfect and 
in working order, it gives an 
excellent idea of what the Gis- 
burne (now extinct) and the 
Hamilton (now horned) cattle 
Š were originally. This her 
Frc. 1.—Head of White Bull, with black seems to be a connecting link 
ears and muzzle, of Gunton Herd. (From s : 
Storer’s Wild White Cattle of Great Britain.) between the domesticated white 
cattle and the wild, and also between those which had horns and 
those which were polled. An experienced eye cannot fail to trace a 
very close resemblance between them and the wild horned breed at 
Chartley. The park is well timbered, the quality of the soil and 
grass very good, though in the heart of the ancient forest region- 
The milking properties of the cows are good naturally, and have 
thus been fully developed. The white color of the cattle is accom- 
panied by black points, and sometimes spots on the neck and body. 
They are handsome and very uniform as to color. They may 
have been derived from some ancient monastery, one of which, 
Vale Royal, only twelve miles distant, has a somewhat similar 
breed. Storer gives a very full account of them as they existed 
at the time of his visit to the herd in 1875. 
II. Wo.triatox HALL Herp,! the property of Lords Middle- 
ton, situated three miles west from Nottingham, has become extinct 
during the last fifty years. It was generally known as “ the Old 
. Park Breed,” which indicated them to be an original and very 
ancient race. They were polled and had black points. The origi 
nally wild nature of the herd interfered with its thorough domestie 
cation, in-breeding hastening its extinction, as in many other park 
herds. They were of specially large and symmetrical proportions. 
Their pasturage, of considerable extent, was fairly good, though not 
particularly rich. They are supposed to have become enclosed from 
the grand old forest of Sherwood. The Wollaton (Somerford), 
