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of the latter breed, yet, generally speaking, perhaps from difference 
of pasture, and careful selection and culture, they look and feel 
more kindly than the Galloways, and are somewhat better milkers. 
Mr. Low has given the admirer of his works an opportunity of 
comparing together the Angus and Galloway cattle, for the next 
plate contains the portraits of two beautiful Galloways. We will 
leave the reader to admire, as he will, the form and general cha¬ 
racter of each, and to make himself acquainted with their respective 
peculiarities. 
In the 5th number of the Illustrations, the artist returns to the 
breed of sheep; and, first, he again transports us to Ireland, and 
gives us a companion to the Kerry cattle in the Kerry breed of 
sheep. The account of them is introduced by a sketch of the 
general character of the native Irish sheep. Of the Kerry sheep 
he says but little; and if we are to give credit to the faithfulness of 
his pencil, they deserve but little to be said of them. They are 
half-starved animals, straying in wild flocks—travelling from farm 
to farm, almost unnoticed and unowned—let loose on the bounty of 
Providence and the toleration of the neighbourhood. 
We pass on to the forest-breeds of England, and, first of all, we 
find a far more splendid delineation than the animal deserves—the 
portrait, however, we can say from cherished recollections of early 
days, is strictly accurate—of the Exmoor breed. Mr. Low very 
graphically says of them—“ They are exceedingly wild and rest¬ 
less—they are reared in their native pastures of heath, and fattened 
in the low country. They will remain feeding in the valley in 
winter, but no sooner does the vegetation of spring commence, than 
they seek to regain their native pastures, and endeavour to break 
through the fences opposed to their return. Even the crosses retain 
this instinct of the race. These sheep produce mutton which bears a 
high price, and are constitutionally well suited to the barren un¬ 
drained district to which they are indigenous; but yet they are an 
unprofitable race of sheep, from their small size, defective form, 
and, above all, their wild and restless temper.” The immediate 
profit from crossing them has been so great, that the pure breed is 
rapidly diminishing in numbers, and will soon become extinct. 
To these follow the black-faced heath breed, extending from the 
heathy lands of Yorkshire and Lancashire to the Highlands of Scot¬ 
land, and the Islands of Orkney and Zetland. A very long and 
satisfactory account of these sheep and of their former and present 
character is given. 
The number is closed by an admirable portrait of that useful and 
beautiful animal the Cheviot sheep. It is traced from a very early 
period to its present improved state, and the account which is given 
is accurate and highly interesting. 
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