Excerpt from A Treatise on Cattle: Showing the Most Approved Methods of Breeding, Rearing, and Fitting for Use, Asses, Mules, Horned Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine He is very quick of hearing, which has contributed to his having been ranked among the timid ani mals, who are all l'aid to be very quick of hearing, a and to have long ears. Then over loaded he hangs down his head and drops his ears; when too much Vexed, he opens his mouth and draws back his lips in a very dil'agreeable manner, which gives him a. Fneering and ...
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Excerpt from A Treatise on Cattle: Showing the Most Approved Methods of Breeding, Rearing, and Fitting for Use, Asses, Mules, Horned Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine He is very quick of hearing, which has contributed to his having been ranked among the timid ani mals, who are all l'aid to be very quick of hearing, a and to have long ears. Then over loaded he hangs down his head and drops his ears; when too much Vexed, he opens his mouth and draws back his lips in a very dil'agreeable manner, which gives him a. Fneering and'deriiory aipec'i.' If his eyes are co vered, he {lands motionleis; and when lying on his fide, if his head is placed in inch a manner that one eye rells on the ground, and the other eye be coveted with a ilone, or piece of wood, he will con tinue in that poiliire, without lhaking himieli, or attempting to rife. Like the horie, he walks, trots, and gallops; but all his motions are (born and much flower. Though he may run at fit it with fome iiiiftneis, he can do io but for a little way and a ihorr time; and whatever pace he takes, he 1 foon gives over if hurried. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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