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Lumbwa, long thick spreading horns, apparently an 
Ankoli cross. 
Kavirondo, long, thin, lyre-shaped horns (Ayrshire type). 
Ankoli, very long heavy horns. 
Should this scheme from East to West be capable of proof, 
it discloses a highly interesting hypothesis. 
Any references to literature bearing on the history of 
local cattle would be of value. I know of none with the 
exception of a short note in a recent number of ‘ Country Life * 
extracted from Buffon. Perhaps some member could verify 
this in the original. 
With reference to quality of milk it is easy to compare 
samples by means of a drop on a coverslip examined micro- 
scopically in a fresh state. I hope to be able to record a 
series of photo-micrographs shortly. A blood smear (human) 
affords a ready test to compare the size of the fat globules. 
As to hybrids from imported stock, my son has taken 
a few photographs to illustrate two suggestive cases in my 
own herd of cattle. I hope to be able to trace the complete 
history of these cases at some future time. 
Plate I. ‘ Maharanee,’ an Indian x native E.A. cross. 
Some years ago an official imported an Indian cow, pure 
bred. This cow threw a heifer calf to an ordinary E.A. native 
bull. The mother died, but the calf was reared, and in process 
of time calved a heifer calf to an E.A. bull. Again the mother 
died, but the calf was reared and is ‘ Maharanee,’ the subject 
of the present illustration. 
She is, as far as I can ascertain, pure Indian in type, 
showing the characteristic colour (brown with black points), 
general shape, and carriage, drooping ears, and thickening 
at root of tail. She has six active teats, as her mother had, 
but I cannot ascertain at the moment of writing whether 
this condition was a ‘ mutation,’ or whether it is a common 
condition amongst Indian cattle, and therefore inherited. At 
any rate it is a very rare condition amongst local cattle, although 
one occasionally finds one or more supernumerary rudimentary 
teats. 
