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Chartley, and Lyme (these last two horned) formed the southernmost 
group of the ancient white cattle, and all were in tolerably close 
proximity. 
III. THE GissurnE Park Herp,! the property of Lords 
Ribblesdale, situated in the Valley of the Ribble, in the district of 
Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire. This herd became extinct in 
1859, the cause being in-breeding. They were described by Be- 
wick in 1790 as perfectly white, except the insides of the ears, 
which were brown. They were thick and deep and as large as any 
short-horns, had mellow hides, and were excellent milkers. They 
are said to have been brought originally from Whalley Abbey, 
being enclosed from the “indigenous wild cattle which occupied the 
great forests of Lancashire. Professor Boyd-Dawkins preserves in 
the Museum at Owen’s College, Manchester, under his charge, the 
skull of “the last bull” of this herd. In a letter to me, referring 
to this, he says: “ The Gisburne cattle come nearer to the Chilling- 
ham cattle than any other breed, being white in color, with reddish- 
brown inside their ears. The only stuffed specimen and skull of 
this breed, now extinct, are in the Museum under my charge at 
Owen’s College, Manchester. The Gisburne breed represents, like 
the Chillingham, the domestic cattle of the Urus type which have 
never been confined in fields, and which, therefore, by contrast with 
the more domesticated animals, are frequently termed wild. The 
stuffed specimen above referred to is a cow, low in stature, with a 
prominent protuberance on the forehead, like that found in the 
Galloways. The skull, also hornless, and belonging to a bull, 
labelled ‘ The last of the ancient breed of wild polled cattle kept at 
Gisburne Park, Yorkshire, killed 11th November, 1859, and pre+ 
sented by the Rt. Hon. Lord Ribblesdale,’ proves that the male 
was hornless.” 
IV. Mippreron HALL Herp,! the property of the Asshetons, 
Baronets of Middleton, near Manchester, Lancashire, was quite an 
original one, of very ancient origin. They descended from the _ 
wild bulls that invested Blakele, close to Middleton Hall. They ; 
gave origin to the Gunton herd, in Norfolk. Dr. Leigh mentions 
them in 1700 (Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the 
Peak of Derbyshire, Book II., p. 8), but the origin he traces for 
them—from the Highlands of Scotland—must be regarde 
mere surmise, ; MOET 
_ V. Guytoy Park Hrrp,! the property of Lords Suffield, 
Situated in the northeast portion of Norfolk. The Gunton cattle 
