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 the same race of cattle several times, and shows that the native and imported races had already begun to mix: "The Yorkshire oxen are, in general, black all over, and they are very large, firm, and valuable Kind in every respect. There are none that exceed them for Labour and few feed like them. The Oxen of Staffordshire, and many of the neighbouring Counties, are also of this kind. The Oxen of Lincolnshire are in general red-and-white: they are very bulky, and equal to any in Value. The Oxen of Somersetshire, and some of the adjoining Counties, are naturally red. They are also a very fine, large, and valuable Breed. &hellip; The reader is not to suppose from what is here said, that all the Oxen of Yorkshire are black, all those of Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, red; or all the Lincolnshire oxen pyed. These are the genuine and proper breed of each of those several Counties, but the graziers have mixed them more or less in each County."

Again, "The Welch and Scotch Cows will do upon the poorest Pastures. They will suit some who cannot rise to the better kinds &hellip; but the fine Kinds are the Dutch and Alderney cows, these are very like one another in Shape, and in their Goodness, but the Alderney Cow is preferable, because she is hardier.

"The fine Dutch Breed have long legs, short Horns, and a full Body. They are to be had in Kent and Sussex, and some other Places where