The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds . ly so,but Harting drew up a list of the places atwhich they are known to have been emparked,^and every one of those places in England andScotland is situated well on the west or justimmediately to the east of what we may callGreens line: The conquest of the bulk ofBritain was now (about 588) complete. East-ward of a line which may be roughly drawn alongthe moorlands of Northumberland and Yorkshire,through Derbyshire and skirting the forest ofArden, to the mouth of the Severn, and thenceby Mendip to the sea, the land had passed into
The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds . ly so,but Harting drew up a list of the places atwhich they are known to have been emparked,^and every one of those places in England andScotland is situated well on the west or justimmediately to the east of what we may callGreens line: The conquest of the bulk ofBritain was now (about 588) complete. East-ward of a line which may be roughly drawn alongthe moorlands of Northumberland and Yorkshire,through Derbyshire and skirting the forest ofArden, to the mouth of the Severn, and thenceby Mendip to the sea, the land had passed intoEnglish hands. From this time the character ofthe conquest of Britain had wholly older wars of extermination came to an endand as the invasion pushed westward in latertimes the Britons were no longer driven from thesoil, but mingled with their conquerors. * The accompanying map shows the locations » British Animals Extinct within Historic Times, 1880.» Short History of the English People, illustrated editionp. 29. 36 EVOLUTION OF BRITISH CATTLE. Map of the British Islands, showing the locations of the Herdsin Hartings list, and also the approximate direction of Greensline. Existing herds are denoted by capital letters. THE ROMAN CONTINGENT 37 of the herds in Hartings list and also the approxi-mate direction of Greens line. The herds thatstill exist are denoted by capital letters. TheBlair AthoU herd has been removed to NorthWales and the Middleton herd to Norfolk. Someof these herds are or were polled, a matter whichwill be discussed later. IV THE ANGLO-SAXONS If we remember the point made two chaptersback that, in their migrations, human races areusually accompanied by their domestic animals,we know at once to look across the North Seainto Western Germany for the cattle that camein to fill up the gap left by the departure of theCeltic and Roman cattle into the west and thenorth. The nature of the English migration isfirst indicated in Bedes • Ecclesiastical His
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