198" The Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. 
Portuguese Cattle. 
Nineteen of these were exhibited, all by M. Gagliardini, 
Director of the Training-Farm of Central Portugal. Like the 
Italian display, the Portuguese exhibited great variety and very 
marked characteristics, four different breeds being represented. 
To a British eye the neatest and most taking animals were those 
of the Aronqueza breed, of which three specimens were shown. 
They are a sort of red in colour, and little in size, but neat in 
shape. The first prize in the bull class was awarded to an 
animal of this breed. In outline and covering of flesh he had 
no equal in the Section. Though four years old, he would, 
perhaps, not have " dressed " more than 3 cwt. Along the top 
he was broad, even, and well clad ; his thighs were good, skin 
mellow, and touch soft. On his legs he stood prim and neat, 
but had plain sharp shoulders and clumsy head. The other 
two were females, and were similar to the bull in general appear- 
ance. They had truer under-line than most of the others, but 
were not free from that narrowness of chest which is character- 
istic of so many of the Continental breeds. 
Not unlike these in colour, size, and form, were the animals 
of the Barroza race, of which one bull and two cows were ex- 
hibited. The bull, three years old, was neat, but very small in 
stature, perhaps not more than one-fourth the weight of some 
of the others in the class. His skin was soft and thick, quality 
good, horns thick and black at the point, colour red, with a dark 
tinge about the neck and dewlap, curious white ring round the 
mouth, and black muzzle. One of the cows, a three-year-old, 
was indeed a very pretty creature, but exceedingly' small. Her 
horns were long and white, eye bright and lively, head and 
mouth very tidy and well balanced, and on her limbs she stood 
beautifully. 
The Mirandeza breed, of which there were two bulls and two 
cows, has little, at least in appearance, to recommend it. Our 
verdict at the time we examined the animals, as it appears on 
our note book, was — " little miserable-looking creatures, bad 
shapes, stiff hides, thick clumsy legs, red or brindled in colour, 
seemingly of little value for any purpose whatever." 
Perhaps the strangest of the lot were the entries of the 
Alemtejana breed, two bulls and two cows. Large in size, 
reddish in colour, and roughish in general get-up, their quality 
was inferior, and their head and face were strangely formed. The 
forehead was curiously bent backwards, face very long and 
mouth nice. One of the cows measured no less than 14 inches 
from the eye to the tip of the nose. 
In addition to these breeds, four specimens of the Galleya- 
