103. In the northern parts of England there is a very useful kind, called HOLDERNESS or DUTCH CATTLE. These, in size and weight exceed all the British cattle. The cows have great celebrity for yielding a very extraordinary quantity of _milk_; instances have been mentioned of their yielding thirty-six quarts in a day. This stock is well known in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, being that which is generally kept by the London cow-keepers. The animal exhibited in London in the beginning of 1802, under the name of the "wonderful ox," was a variety produced from this breed, and weighed more than 200 stone. 104. The LANCASHIRE or LONG-HORNED CATTLE, are much esteemed for the dairy. The cows yield from sixteen to twenty-four quarts of _milk_ per day; and, on an average, about 300 weight of cheese per annum. They are hardy animals, readily become fat, and produce remarkably well-flavoured _beef_. But they are chiefly celebrated for the thickness and substance of their hides, which are very valuable, and sell at high prices. In many instances the _hides_ have been known to produce a greater price per pound than the beef. 105. ALDERNEY CATTLE are a favourite breed, that have long been known and esteemed, in the southern counties of England, for their _milk_, which is richer than that of any other breed. These animals are of small size, the cows seldom exceeding the height of four feet; yet they are known to produce so much milk as to yield from 200 to more than 300 pounds' weight of butter per annum. In the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney, where these cattle are chiefly bred, they are sometimes employed in ploughing; but their greatest use is in carting, and, in this respect, they are found to answer peculiarly well in bad roads and hilly countries. Their _beef_ is generally yellow or very high coloured; but it is peculiarly fine in the grain, and of excellent flavour. 106. Scotland is famous for a small kind of black cattle, with fine white upright horns tipped with black, called HIGHLAND STOTS, or KYLOE CATTLE. Having great celebrity for the fineness and sweetness of their _beef_, as well as the facility with which they are fattened, these cattle are in such esteem as to be driven into the southern counties of England, and occasionally to supply even the London markets. The cows, in proportion to their size, yield a great quantity of rich milk. 107. _The YAK, or GRUNTING OX_ (Bos grunniens), _is an animal of large size, with round, upright, and slender horns, a lump on the shoulders, long and pendant hair, white on the back and tail; and the tail somewhat resembling that of a horse._ _In a wild state this animal is an inhabitant of the mountains of Thibet._