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wards behind towards the tail, in fact over the peri- 

 Hceum, when large, are sure tests of a competent milker. 

 Magne has noticed this mark more than other persons, 

 though our own numerous observations, which agree 

 with Professor Magne's, date several years back. I can- 

 not refrain from quoting his remarks : 



" Veins of the Udder and of the Perinmum. — The veins 

 of the udder and the perinaeum, to which hitherto suf- 

 ficient importance has not been given, are able to fur- 

 nish valuable indications. They should, in both cases, 

 be highly developed, large and varicose ; that is, exhibit 

 inflations and nodosities. 



" The veins of the udder have no definite direction. 

 They present themselves very irregularly, under the 

 form of zigzag lines, knotted, and more or less oblique. 

 They are never of very large size, except in cows which 

 give great quantities of milk. 



"The veins of the perinaeum directed from above 

 downwards, forming a winding line, interspersed with 

 knots, resemble those of the udder in not being visible 

 either in heifers or in beasts of middling quality. We 

 cannot ascertain their presence in any but very good 

 cows. 



" In the cow on which we saw the vein of the peri- 

 neum for the first time, in the vicinity of Lille, in 1847, 

 in company with MM. Delplanque and Pommeret, this 

 vein formed a very large knotted and winding hne. 

 The Dutch cow which had it, though not of large size, 

 gave seventy pints daily, and did not become dry while 



