. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . 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
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . 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 THE KYLOE OX. The Highland cattle, and thofe bred in the WefternIllands, are very fmall, and partake much of the wildnef^of the country in which they are bred. They are moftlyblack, with fine white horns, very fliarp, and black at thepoints ; their hair is thick and furry. Great numbers ofthefe are likewife fold into England at the great northernfairs. They are greatly efleemed for the finenefs andfweetnefs of their beef, as well as for the facility withwhich they acquire a confiderable degree of fatnefs, evenwith moderate feeding. Although the Oxen of this breed, when fed in the or-dinjtry way, do not exceed forty ftone the four quarters,one of them, fed by Mr Spearman of Rothley Park, inNorthumberland, weighed, when killed in 1790, at theage of fix years, eighty-one ftone. In Great-Britain the Ox is the only horned animalthat will apply his (Irength to the fervice of mankind jand, in general, is more profitable tlian the Horfe for HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 37 the plough or the draught.
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