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red cow is richest; may it not arise from the co- 
lor being indicative of different races. What leads 
me to think so is, that in France black cattle are 
very uncommon ; whereas through the whole of 
South-Holland and Brabant, I did not, though the 
fields were covered with droves of cattle, see a sin¬ 
gle cow that was not either black, or a mixture of 
black and white, which rendered them either pied, 
or of a kind of blue grey ; not one w^as either red 
or spotted with red. Nor did I find any butter in 
Holland that equalled the flavor of the Brittany 
butter ; so that it is possible that the American 
cattle may be from this or other stocks, which dif¬ 
fer not only in their color, but in the quality of 
their milk. 
The horses in Brittany are small, and not re¬ 
markable for any peculiar beauty or defect ; but as 
you advance towards Paris, those in common use 
are of the Norman breed. These are evidently the 
parent stock of the Canada horses, but are much 
finer for their having been more attended to. They 
are remarkably square and heavy, particularly in the 
hind quarters, and are broader across the buttocks 
than other race I have ever seen. Their forehand 
is not fine, their necks being generally short, though 
there are many exceptions to this defect. Their 
head and eyes are good, and they are found to be 
the best and strongest race of horses in Europeo 
English and Holstein horses have been frequently 
tried in Paris, but they are said to he found not to 
