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THE WHITE UBUS, OR 
they are larger, and more robust in tlie general form 
of their bodies, and their markings are also very dif- 
ferent. In the Tankerville breed, the colour is in- 
variably white, muzzle black, the whole of the in- 
side of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, 
from the tip downwards, red. The horns are very 
fine, white, with black tips ; and the head and legs 
are slender and elegant. In the Hamilton Urus, 
the body is dun-white, the inside of the ears, the 
muzzle, and the hoofs black, and the fore-part of 
the leg, from the knee downwards, mottled •with 
black. The cows seldom have honis ; their bodies 
are thick and short ; tlieir limbs are stouter, and 
their heads much rounder than in the Tanker- 
ville breed. The inside or roof of the mouth is 
black, or spotted with black. The tongue is black, and 
generally tipped with black. It is somewhat larger 
i.i proportion than that of the common cow; and the 
high ridge on the upper surface, near to the insertion 
of the tongue, is also very prominent. It is observ- 
able that the calves that are off" the usual markings 
are either entirely black or entirely white, or black 
and white, but never red or brown. The beef, like 
that of the Tankerville breed, is marbled, and of ex- 
cellent flavour, and the juice is richer, and of a lighter 
colour, than in ordinary butcher-meat. The size of 
the smaller cows does not exceed fifteen stones tron 
weight ; but some of the larger sort, especially the bulls, 
average from thirty-five to forty-five stones. The 
circumstances of their breeding in-and-in, — of be- 
