HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



— Craven, in Yorklhire, has long been celebrated for ^ 

 fuperior variety of the long-horned kind : And from 

 thence the graziers of Weftmorland and Lancashire pur- 

 chafed the flower of their Heifers ; which, by croffing 

 with the original (lock of thofe counties, have produced 

 a breed, which is now had recourfe to, for the improve- 

 ment of this kind of cattle, in every part of the kingdom. 

 — Some of the Bulls are extremely large. Their horns 

 are not long, but beautifully turned ; their hair mort and 

 fmooth ; their crefts rife extremely high ; their chefts are 

 let down to their knees; their bodies are long, and in 

 the form of a perfect cylinder. 



The Lancashire OX. 



The Cows and Oxen are fmaller. Their horns are 

 long and fmall, very fmooth ; and their colour, in gene- 

 ral, approaches to yellow : Their hair is beautifully curl- 

 ed ; and their whole form extremely handfome. The 



Oxen frequently grow to a confiderable fize, are very 

 active, and confequently ufeful in the draught. They 



