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THE ROMAN CONTINGENT
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the English park cattle and the South European race were of the same colour, viz. white with black "points"; that is, the body white, the muzzle and ears black, and the ears lined and
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| Roman ox, from a painting on a wall in Pompeii. |
| [From McKenny Hughes. |
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| Old Egyptian cattle. |
| [From McKenny Hughes. |
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| Sicilian ox. |
| [Front McKenny Hughes. |
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| Italian ox. |
| [From McKenny Hughes. |
the muzzle encircled with black or brown hairs. Black or brown patches are sometimes found on other parts of the body and, frequently, below the knee. The extraordinary resemblance between the English park cattle and the cattle of
