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YOUNG ANIMALS AT THE ZOO 
coat-of-arms, with their fore-feet against the rails, and 
squeak, grunt, and even climb the wire-netting for 
contributions. Even if the floor is littered with 
delicious hog-wash, they prefer to plead in forma 
pauperis , and the yearning to reach just one inch 
farther than their brothers seems to give an impulse 
to the growth of their snouts, which soon grow 
long, flexible, and narrow, like those of the parent- 
swine. The ancient breed of wild swine which haunted 
the great Caledonian forest may claim to have been 
re-established, for some of these are the third genera- 
tion in descent from ancestors bred in Scotland. 
But the youngest member of perhaps the oldest 
family in the British Islands was the white calf, the 
lineal descendant of the wild white cattle of ancient 
Britain. The bull, cow, and calf formed one of the 
happiest family groups in the Gardens, and should 
be studied by any one desirous of appreciating the 
natural beauty of these cattle, one of which, a wild 
steer from Chillingham, took a first prize when judged 
on its merits among the finest domestic breeds of 
England. The bull at the Zoo belongs to the 
Chartley herd, which has been in the possession of 
Lord Ferrers’ family for nearly a thousand years, has 
a short muzzle, broad forehead, and crescent horns 
with a downward reversed curve. Its silky coat is 
pure white, its eyes the deepest jet-black, shaded by 
long white eyelashes. The tips of the ears and of the 
horns are black, and just above the hoof are black and 
white speckles, like the “ flea-bites” on a Laverack 
