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district of Forfarshire they were termed " Angus 
doddies/' "humle" and dodded " being the 
Scottish equivalents for polled or hornless. 
In addition to the absence of horns, Aberdeen- 
Angus cattle are distinguished by their great size — 
bulls weighing from 2200 to 2800 or even 3000 lb. — 
the depth of the body, and the shortness of the legs ; 
and they come to maturity at an early age. The 
origin of the breed is a matter of speculation, although 
Low believes that it is related to the West Highland, 
and that it was derived mainly by selection from a 
long-horned indigenous breed, perhaps by the aid of 
crossing with polled breeds. It is known to have 
been in existence since the middle of the eighteenth 
century. Aberdeen-Angus have been introduced 
into the United States and Canada. 
A second polled Scottish breed is the Galloway, 
of which the derivation is likewise obscure, although 
there is some evidence in favour of its antiquity. 
These cattle are natives of the coast-districts of south- 
western Scotland, comprising the counties of Wigton 
and Kirkcudbright together with portions of Ayr 
and Dumfries, which collectively constituted the old 
province of Galloway. It has been stated that about 
the year 1750 most Galloway cattle carried horns, 
but there is some doubt with regard to the authen- 
ticity of the assertion, and some earlier accounts 
suggest that the absence of horns is a feature of 
great antiquity. Most writers believe the Galloway 
to have been originally derived from the West 
Highland kyloes ; and it is noteworthy that skulls 
of polled cattle apparently indistinguishable from 
this breed occur in a Roman rubbish-heap at New- 
stead, near Edinburgh. 
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