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VOLUME XXV—No. 9. 
NEW-YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1866. 
NEW SERIES—No. 236. 
It is perhaps not too much to say that Rosa 
Bonheur stands at the head of tlie animal pain¬ 
ters of the world, especially as a painter of do¬ 
mestic animals. Her tour through the High¬ 
lands of Scotland a few years since brought tlie 
picturesque cattle of that wild region to her 
notice, and she has made several striking pic¬ 
tures, one of which we copy, as the best repre¬ 
sentation we can find of this breed. These 
West Highland cattle furnish the best beef that 
is brought to the London market. It is best, 
because the fat and lean are so intimately 
mingled, tlie best parts being thoroughly 
marbled, and because the clioice cuts are large 
in proportion to the size of the animal. They 
are brought from the coarse feed and hard 
pastures of the mountains and fatten rapidly in 
the low lands, which is one cause of tlieir ex¬ 
cellence. We believe a few of them liave 
been imported to this country, but as yet they 
have made no mark. Their fitness for the 
rough country of northern New England, New 
York and Canada has never been proved. They 
are, however, good in the yoke and fair for milk. 
This spirited picture shows the fine forms of 
these cattle, their rough and shaggy yet soft coats, 
and their great vivacity, wliich comes natur¬ 
ally from tlieir half-wild character. Their car¬ 
casses are deep, well ribbed out, round and full; 
their bones and heads small. It is morning in 
the highlands; the mists just clearing away; 
and the sense ef frostiness, which pervades the 
original, is well preserved in our engraving. 
