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Temuka Leader, Issue 2234, 30 July 1891, Page 2

The following description of the points of the ideal ox is'from the pen, or rather the stylus, of Mago, the Carthaginian who lived 600 years B.c.: —The oxen that we should procure should be young, square formed, with large limbs, high, strong, black horns, forehead broad and curly, ears rough, eyes and lips black, nostrils turned up and wide, neck long and muscular, dewlap large, reaching nearly to the knees, chest broad, shoulders large, belly roomy, and, as it were, filling out (barrel shaped), flanks extended, loins broad, back straight and even, or slightly depressed, haunches (buttocks) round, legs compact and straight, but rather short than long, knees moderate, hoofs large, tail very long and hairy, the hair of the whole body thick, and short, the color red or dark brown* and the whole body very soft to thetouch. or handle. - !