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 one hundred and ten. These were the largest owners of live stock in the county in the course of this interval.

The custom was general at this, as well as at a subsequent period, of giving names to favorite cows, among which may be mentioned Broadhorn, Crumple, Brownie, Minx, Blackbird, Redbird, Whitebelly, Whiteface, Whiteknee, Spot, Modesty, Pink, Rosebud, Violet, Daisy, Blossom, Plum, Cherry, Chestnut, Strawberry, Sloe, Marigold, Lily, Primrose, Nightingale, Madcap, Pudding, Dumpling, Pride, Frost, Pretty Maid, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cinnamon, Daggletail, Everywhere, Sweeting, Mouse, Mealy Mouth, Golden Locks, Truelove, and Scatterall.

The habit of furnishing but little food to cattle in winter still prevailed, the provender which they received, when it was supplied at all, being the shucks of Indian corn, to which occasionally a small quantity of wheat straw was added. There are still indications that in some instances, when plantations were rented, it was provided in the contract that the lessee should furnish fodder for the live stock.

In many of the outlying counties herds of wild cattle were still found; the Assembly, in 1661, declared that no one should have the right to hunt them unless he had first obtained a public license to do so. Governor Moryson, in 1662, granted this privilege to several planters in Lower Norfolk County, in which such cattle were numerous, including both those that were private property and those which no one could claim as his own. In 1675, Antony Lawson admitted, in a petition offered in court, that