432 ACCOUNT OF A MONSTROSITY, &C. 
dare call her so), of the commonest description, and three years 
and a half old. The most striking peculiarities were in the tail, 
hips, head, breast, and off fore leg. The off fore leg, from its 
singularity, claimed my first attention ; and I was induced to exa¬ 
mine it with great care, as, at first sight, I suspected it might 
have been the result of disease. The shoulder-blade and the 
humerus seemed to be shorter and more upright than usual, 
and the latter bone was thicker, and turned very much out¬ 
wards. This leg was, in every respect, similar to a cow's; but the 
similarity was still more evident when I descended to the foot. 
There were two hoofs, with separate joints, and a natural secre¬ 
tion between them. There was no sign of a frog, but the animal 
trod upon her heels, and used the foot precisely as a cow. I 
walked her round the stable several times, and it was really lu¬ 
dicrous to observe the difference in the manner of progression be¬ 
tween the two legs. The colour of the hair on the body seemed 
to present a strange mixture between that of both animals ; but it 
was long, soft, and loosely attached. The head had a very 
curious appearance : it seemed to be broad at the poll, and the ears 
were very large, and rounded, and turned backwards apd inwards, 
and covered with long, shaggy hair. The lower part of the face 
projected very much on each side, giving a width very dissimilar 
to the face of the horse. There were six incisor teeth in each 
jaw, but very unevenly distributed; and they seemed to partake 
much of the mixed character. The breast was wide and hung 
down, strongly resembling the dewlap. The body, neck, ana 
near fore leg, resembled those of the horse. The hips, tail, and 
legs above the hock, were exactly similar to those of a cow. The 
spinous and transverse process of the ileum projected very much, 
and the pubis stretched backwards, giving that great prominence 
of the bones of the ischium always so observable in a cow. The 
sacral processes did not project, and the tail did not arch over 
the pubis, as in the horse, but seemed to fall more abruptly : it 
was shaved nearly to its tip, where was left a tuft of hair, which 
was frizzled, and very like that of a cow. The tail felt very fleshy, 
and at its base the skin was loosely attached; and the vagina 
was without colour, and hung down as in a cow. The patellae 
were very thick and large, and the hinder extremities, above the 
hock, were totally dissimilar to a horse. The mammae were not 
very large, nor was the udder unnaturally distended. At this 
time I related the facts to many veterinarians, and among others 
to Mr. Sewell. 
A short time since I called upon Mr. J. Skilt, V.S., at South¬ 
wark Bridge, and he informed me that he had seen the skeleton 
of a very strange animal at the knacker's ; and wished me to go 
