. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . ATTLE. close to the ground, and lie like a hare in a form, to hide themselvesThis is a proof of their native wildness, and is corroborated by the fol-lowing circumstance, that happened to the writer of the narrative, whofound a hidden calf two days old, very lean and very weak; on strokingits head, it got up, pawed two or three times, like an old bull, bellowedvery
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . ATTLE. close to the ground, and lie like a hare in a form, to hide themselvesThis is a proof of their native wildness, and is corroborated by the fol-lowing circumstance, that happened to the writer of the narrative, whofound a hidden calf two days old, very lean and very weak; on strokingits head, it got up, pawed two or three times, like an old bull, bellowedvery loud, retired a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; itthen began to paw again, bellowed, stepped back, and bolted as before ?but knowing its intention, and stepping aside, it missed him, fell andwas so very weak that it could not rise, though it made several efforts;but it had done enough; the whole herd were alarmed, and coming toits rescue, obliged him to retire; for the dams will allow no person totouch their calves without attacking them with impetuous ferocity. When any one happens to be wounded, or grown weak or feeblethrough age or sickness, the rest of the herd set upon it and gore it todeath. b. II. The Devonshire Breed, delineated above, is supposed to havedescended directly from the wild race. It is found in its purest state inNorth Devon; in the agricultural report of which district its peculiarqualities are thus described by the late Mr. Vancouver:— Its head is small, clean, and free from flesh about the jaws; deer-like light and airy in its countenance; neck long and thin; throat freefrom jowl or dewlap; nose and round its eyes of a dark orange color;ears thin and pointed, tinged on their inside with the same color that isalways found to encircle its eyes; horns thin, and fine to their roots,of a cream color, tipped with black,* growing with a regular curve up-wards, and rather springing from each other; light in the withers, rest-ing on a sho
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