HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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gall, liver, and urine, have their refpe&ive ufes in manu- 

 factures and medicine. 



The Cow goes nine months with young, and feldom 

 produces more than one at a time. 



It is a curious fact, that, in fome inftances, Cows are 

 naturally barren ; and this is faid to happen, when a 

 Cow brings forth two calves, — one of them a male, the 

 other a female : The former is a perfect animal ; but the 

 latter is incapable of propagation, and is well known to 

 farmers under the denomination of a Free Martin- It 

 refembles the Ox, or fpayed heifer, in figure ; and is 

 confiderably larger than the Cow. It is fometimes pre- 

 ferved by the farmer, for the purpofe of yoking with the 

 Oxen, or fattening for the table. — Mr Hunter obferves, 

 that the flefh of the Free Martin, like that of the Ox, is 

 in common much finer in the fibre than either the Bull 

 or Cow., It is fuppofed to exceed that of the Heifer in 

 delicacy of flavour, and bears a higher price at market. 



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