Clais I. ] 
QUADRUPEDS. 
I -■■■■— 
GENUS II. The O X- 
SPECIES I. The O X. 
Rail Jyn. quad. 70 * 
Merret. pinax. 166. 
Gefti. quad. 25. 26. 92. 
Taurus domefticus. Klein, 
quad. 1 o. 
Charlton, ex. 8. 
/ BULL 
Britijh , Tarw - - 
French , Taureau- 
Italian , Toro- - 
Spanijh , Toro - 
Portug. Touro - 
German , Stier - 
Dutch , Stier - - 
Swedijh , Tiur - - 
Names 
\ 
E climate of Great-Britain is 
above all others productive of the 
greatefl: variety and abundance of 
Wholefome vegetables, which, to crown our 
happinefs, are almofl equally diffufed thro’ all 
its parts: this general fertility is owing to thofe 
clouded Ikies, which foreigners miftakenly 
urge as a reproach on our country; but let us 
chearfully endure a temporary gloom, which 
cloaths not only our meadows but our hills 
with the richeft verdure. To this we owe the 
number, variety, and excellence of our cattle, 
the richnefs of our dairies, and innumerable 
other advantages. Ctefar (the earlieft writer 
Bos cornibus levibus teretibus, 
furfum reflexis. Brijfon quad. 
78 - 
Bos taurus. Lin. fyfl. 71. 
Bos cornibus teretibus flexis. 
Faun fuec. 44. 
COW 
O X 
CALF 
Buwch - 
f 
- - Ych, Eidion- 
- Llo - - 
Vache 
- - Bseuf - - - 
- Veau - - 
Vacca 
- - Bue - 
- Vitello - 
Vaca - - 
- - Buey - 
- Ternera - 
Vaca 
- - Boy - 
- Vitela - 
Kue - - 
- - Ochs - - - 
- Kalb - - 
Koe - 
- - Os - - - 
- Kalff - - 
1 
1 
O 
- - Noot- - 
- Kalff - - 
v ho defcribes this ifland of Great-Britain) 
fpeaks of the numbers of our cattle, and adds 
that we neglected tillage, but lived on milk 
and flelh *. Strabo takes notice of our plenty 
of milk, but fays we were ignorant of the art 
of making cheefe **. Mela informs us, that 
the wealth of the Britains con filled in cattle : 
and in his account of Ireland reports that fuch 
was the richnefs of the paflures in that king¬ 
dom, that the cattle would even burfl if they 
were fuffered to feed in them long at a time J. 
This preference of pafturage to tillage was 
delivered down from our Britijh anceftors to 
much 
* Lib. 5, 
** Lib. 4. 
1 Adeo luxuriofa herbis non laetls modo fed etiam dulcibus, ut 
fe exigua parte diei pecora impleant, ut nifi pabulo prohibeantur, 
diutius pafta difliliant. 
