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mal differs, in fome parts of its organization, from moll 

 others, having a larger and more capacious udder, and 

 longer and thicker teats, than the largeft animal we 

 know of : It has likewife four teats, while all other ani- 

 mals of the fame nature have but two : It alfo yields the 

 milk freely to the hand, while mod animals, at leaft thofe 

 that do not ruminate in the fame manner, refufe it; ex- 

 cept their own young, or fome adopted animal, be allow- 

 ed to partake. 



The Cow, having four teats, is a ftriking peculiarity; 

 as the number in all other animals bears fome proportion 

 with the number of young ones they bring forth at a 

 time. 



The Cow will yield her milk as freely, and will conti- 

 nue to give it as long, without the aid of the calf, as if 

 it were permitted to fuck her conftantly. This is not the 

 cafe with the Afs; which, it is well known, will foon 

 grow dry, if her foal be not permitted to fuck part of her 

 milk every day. 



Upon the whole, it appears, that the property of yield- 

 ing milk, without the young one, is confined to thofe 

 kinds of ruminating horned animals which have cloven 

 hoofs, four ftomachs, long inteftines, are furniflied with 

 fuet, and have no fore teeth in the upper jaw; that 

 Cows, Sheep, Goats, and Deer, are of this kind, and no 

 other; and that the Cow has this property in a more 

 eminent degree than others, owing to the capacioufnefs 

 of her udder, and the fize and form of her teats. 



By great induftry and attention to their breed, and by 

 judicious mixtures with thofe of other countries, our 

 horned cattle are univerfally allowed to be the fined in 

 Europe ; although fuch as are purely Britifh are inferior 

 in fize to thofe on many parts of the continent. 



