 ... probably owing to the richness of the pasturage in Holderness, but generally attributed to the difference of kind between those with black and with red ears, the former of which they studiously endeavour to preserve.  A General History of Quadrupeds - Page 37by Ralph Beilby - 1792 - 483 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1790 - 542 pages
...weie all deftroyed by a diftemper a few years lince. They varied (lightly from thole at ChiLingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the fain« colour ; they were alfo much larger, many of them weighing lixty (lone, probably owing to ilic... | |
 | 1840 - 526 pages
...county of York were all destroyed by a distemper a few years since. They varied sliglnly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour: they were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stones ; probably owing to the... | |
 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 382 pages
...Constable, in the county of York, were all destroyed by a distemper. They varied slightly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour : they were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stones ; probably owing to the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1840 - 1046 pages
...county of York *ere all destroyed by a distemper a few years since. They ijried slightly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour : Ihey were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stones: probably owing to the... | |
 | Agriculture - 1852 - 618 pages
...Burton Constable, in Yorkshire, were all destroyed by a distemper. "They varied slightly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour. They were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stone, probably owing to the richness... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 pages
...displiceat raaculU insignis et albo." ly a distemper, some years ago. They varied slightly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour ; they were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stone — probably owing to the... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 582 pages
...were all destroyed by a distemper a few years since. They varied slightly from those at ChilUngham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour : they were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stoucs ; probably owing to the... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - Cattle - 1880 - 340 pages
...Constable," he says, " were all destroyed by a distemper a few years since. They varied slightly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour. They were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stone, probably owing to the richness... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1883 - 890 pages
...county of York, were all destroyed by a distemper a few years since. They varied slightly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour. They were also much larger, many of them weighing 60 stone, probably owing to the richness... | |
 | Rogerson and Tuxford - 1852 - 624 pages
...Burton Constable, in Yorkshire, were all destroyed by a distemper. "They varied slightly from those at Chillingham, having black ears and muzzles, and the tips of their tails of the same colour. They were also much larger, many of them weighing sixty stone, probably owing to the richness... | |
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