THE BULL. 



The Cow goes with young nine months, and, for the moll part, produces 

 but one at a time (a). 



Ox-beef is a very nourifhing and Hrengthening food : the flefh of a Cow, 

 when young and well fatted, is not much inferior : Bull-beef is hard, tough, 

 and dry, and is, therefore, not much ufed for food. The flefh of the Calf, 

 which is called veal, is well tailed, eafy of digeftion, and gently aperient. 



This animal bears cold better than heat, and is, therefore, found in the 

 greater! perfection in the northern countries of Europe, where they are alfo 

 moll plentiful. America produced none, till the Europeans carried them 

 there. The largell are to be met with in Denmark, Podolia, the Ukrain, 

 and among the Calmuck Tartars. Thofe that are bred in mountainous 

 countries, as AVales, the Highlands of Scotland, &c. are fmall, but hardy, and 

 make excellent beef, when fattened. In Lapland, they are in general white, 

 and want horns. The large hornlefs cattle, bred in fome parts of England, 

 came originally from Poland. 



If we may credit Boethius, a race of wild cattle was found in Scotland 

 about two hundred years ago, which were as white as fnow, and had manes 

 like Lions. Mr. Pennant feems to favour this alTertion, having feen in the 

 woods of Drumlanrig, and in the park belonging to Chillingham Callle, in 

 Northumberland, herds of cattle, probably derived from the wild breed ; 

 they had loll their manes, but retained their colour and liercenefs ; they were 

 of a middle fize, long legged, and had black muzzles and ears ; their horns 

 were line, and had a bold and elegant bend. The keeper of thofe at 

 Chillingham faid, that the weight of the Bull was thirty-eight Hone ; of the 

 Cow twenty-eight : that their hides were more elleemed by the tanners than 

 thofe of the tame breed ; and that they would give lixpence per Hone more for 

 them. Thefe cattle were as wild as Deer, and, like them, would inllantly take 

 flight, and gallop away full fpeed on the approach of a man : they were 

 never known to breed with the tame fort : they were always killed with a 

 bullet, which, if it wounded them any where, except in the head, never 



(a) The Abbe Nazari, in the Journal Litteraire, gives an account of a Cow, near the town of Eimini, 

 which, on the 23d of February, 1676, produced four Calves at once, all of the ufual fize, and all of them very- 

 lively, healthy, and ftrong. They all lived, except one, which died through neglect. — Did. Rats, des Anirn. 



