THE BREEDS 
OF THE 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
OF THE 
BRITISH ISLANDS 
DESCRIBED BY 
DAVID LOW, Esq. F.R.S.E. 
PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UNIVERSITY" OF EDINBURGH; 
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE OF SWEDEN; AND OF THE ROYAL ECONOMICAL SOCIETY OF SAXONY; HONORARY AND 
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ECONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LEIPSIG ; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE CONSEIL 
ROYAL D’AGRICULTURE DE FRANCE, OF THE SOCIETE ROYALE ET CENTRALE, &C. 
AND 
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES, 
FROM DRAWINGS BY MR W. NICHOLSON, R.S.A., REDUCED FROM A SERIES OF PORTRAITS FROM LIFE, EXECUTED FOR THE AGRICULTURAL 
MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, BY MR W. SHIELS, R. S. A. 
IN TWO VOLUMES. 
VOLUME I. 
THE HORSE, AND THE OX. 
LONDON: LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. 
MDCCCXLII. 
