232 THE SnOllT-HORXED BREED. 
black, with thick horns turned upwards. They are 
quick feeders. 
The Suffolk duns are a small breed reaied in that 
county principally, and supposed by Mr Culleyto be 
a variety occasioned by an intercourse with the nor- 
thern droves. They are a polled breed, or without 
lioi ns j the colour ditiij but it commonly varies. 
They are esteemed for the dairy. 
The Alderney breed is a very pretty and handsome 
race, finely made, and with slender limbs. They are 
of a light reddish or yellow colour, sometimes black, 
but are impatient of the cold of this climate, and do 
not thrive unless with extra care and keeping. They 
ai e kept for the richness of their milk. In many 
places a cross between some of our hardy smaller 
races has been found useful, and they then bear- the 
climate of this country. 
Galloiuay polled breed, as their name implies, is 
originally from Galloway, a rather wild district in 
the south of Scotland. They are now' the most com- 
mon cattle in that district and Dumfriesshire, where 
they are reared and grazed from tw'o to four years 
old, at which period they are driven to the Norfolk, 
Suffolk, and some other Southern markets, to be 
farther fed ; w'hence they reach Smithfield, and the 
other Dondon markets, and there yiekl a high price 
from the superior quality of the beef. 
The prominent feature in this breed is the want 
of horns ; a peculiarity which is very striking to an 
