. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HiSTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 35. THE LANCASHIRE OX. The Cows and Oxen are fmaller. Their horns arelong and fmall, very fmooth •, and their colour, in gene-ral, approaches to yellow : Their hair is beautifully curl-ed ; and their whole form extremely handfome—^TheOxen frequently grow to a confiderable fize, are veryadlive, and confequently ufeful in the draught. Theyare well fuited to a cold climate, and grow fat on indif-ferent paftures. In Scotland there are two kinds, which differ greatlyfrom each other, as well as from all thofe i
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HiSTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 35. THE LANCASHIRE OX. The Cows and Oxen are fmaller. Their horns arelong and fmall, very fmooth •, and their colour, in gene-ral, approaches to yellow : Their hair is beautifully curl-ed ; and their whole form extremely handfome—^TheOxen frequently grow to a confiderable fize, are veryadlive, and confequently ufeful in the draught. Theyare well fuited to a cold climate, and grow fat on indif-ferent paftures. In Scotland there are two kinds, which differ greatlyfrom each other, as well as from all thofe in the fouthernparts of this ifland. Thofe of the county of Galloway are without horns,and generally of a reddifli-brown colour, mixed withblack. Large droves of thefe are yearly brought into thefouthern parts of this kingdom, where they foon greatlyimprove. C 2 3<5 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.
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