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 mountains which separate Yorkshire from Lancashire, etc., and, by crossing, have produced a mixed breed called the Half longhorns; a very heavy, strong, and not unuseful kind of cattle; but we do not find that the one kind have spread further West, or the others further East. But, thirdly, I remember a gentleman of the county of Durham (Mr. Michael Dobinson), who went in the early part of his life into Holland in order to buy bulls; those he bought were of much service in improving the breed; and this Mr. Dobinson and neighbours, even in my day, were noted for having the best breed of short-horned cattle, and sold their bulls and heifers for great prices.

"But afterwards, some other persons of less knowledge going over, brought home some bulls, that in all probability introduced along that coast the disagreeable kind of cattle, well known to breeders adjoining the river Tees, by the appellation of lyery, or double-lyered; that is, blackfleshed. &hellip;

"The breed, like most others, is better and worse in different districts; not so much, I apprehend, from the good or bad quality of the land, as from a want of attention in the breeders. In Lincolnshire (which is the farthest south that we meet with any number of this kind of cattle)