BRITISH MAMMALS 
In Mr. Storer's Wild White Cattle of Great Britain, pp. 156-157, 
is given an interesting account of the habits of the Chillingham herd 
by the late Lord Tankerville, from which the following is quoted, " They 
have, in the first place, pre-eminently all the characteristics of wild 
animals, with some peculiarities that are sometimes very curious and 
amusing. 
" They hide their young and feed in the night, basking or sleeping 
during the day. 
" They are fierce when pressed, but generally speaking very timorous, 
moving off on the appearance of anyone even at a great distance ; 
yet this varies very much in different seasons of the year, and according 
to the manner in which they are approached. In summer I have been 
for several weeks at a time without getting a sight of them — they, on the 
slightest appearance of anyone, retiring into a wood which serves them 
as a sanctuary. . . . 
"It is observable of them, as of red deer, that they have a peculiar 
faculty of taking advantage of the irregularities of the ground, so that on 
being disturbed they may traverse the whole park, and yet you hardly 
get a sight of them." 
The Chillingham Cattle have not always been distinguished by their 
reddish-brown ears, as in 1692 the majority are said to have been black- 
eared, and when Bewick wrote, a few of this type still existed. 
Cadzow Castle, Lanarkshire, owned by the Duke of Hamilton, has 
another fine herd of White Cattle in the park including part of the 
ancient Caledonian Forest. This forest was formerly used as a hunting 
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