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and fine, skin fine and supple, and tail-head high. The general 
appearance is sprightly, but there is a want of weight and 
substance. The cows are good milkers, the daily yield for some 
time after calving being from 15 to 18 litres, or from 26 to 32 
English pints. For moderately light work the Femeline oxen 
have few equals, being active, durable, and docile. The breed 
is easily kept, but fattens slowly. Its value to the butcher is not 
very great. The breed was largely and very creditably repre- 
sented, 57 specimens having been entered. In these classes, also, 
we thought more of the females than the males. We think, 
however, that the country which this sort occupies might be 
stocked with a better race of cattle. 
Pyrenees. — In this Section no fewer than six different varieties 
were represented. Of the Lourdes race, which was shown by 
itself, 12 specimens were entered. Its head-quarters are in the 
valley of Argeles, in the High Pyrenees, and, being the best 
milk-breed in that part of the country, the dairies of Tarbes, 
Bagneres, and the principal towns in the south-west are supplied 
by it. Small in stature, the characteristic colour of these 
animals is pale-red, or similar to that of red wheat ; the head is 
long and clumsy ; horns rather long, and dingy white in colour ; 
the neck thick, and shapes not very good. A three-year-old 
heifer of this breed, owned by M. Langlade, Pau, Hautes- 
Pyrenees, was a very tidy little beast — one of the beauties in 
the Section, indeed. Her head was neat and fine, and her 
form true and attractive. 
The races of the valleys of the Aare and Saint-Girons, which 
are similar in characteristics, were shown together, the former 
numbering G and the latter 10. The Aure variety occupies the 
high valleys of the Pyrenees, and the Saint-Girons the district 
of that name. The latter is regarded as the mother of the 
Bazadais race, already noticed; and though the animals are 
small in size, they are symmetrical, good milkers, fair beef- 
producers, and very easily kept. The colour is, as a rule, a sort 
of grey, or similar to that of a badger, but is sometimes chestnut. 
They are not so strongly built as the Lourdes cattle, but enjoy 
a good reputation for dairy purposes. They are freely ex- 
ported into the plains of Ariege, the high Garonne, the Aude, 
and Herault. The Aure cattle are not quite so fine in form, nor 
such good milkers, but their hair is of better quality and is lighter 
in colour. 
The Bearnais, the Basquais, and the Urt varieties, all 
belonging to one family, were joined in competition, the first 
numbering 5, the second 4, and the third 3. They are pretty 
much alike in form and general characteristics, almost the only 
dilFcrcnce being in colour and in the length and form of the horns. 
