Note 108 — XVII.

Georg. lib. iii. 51 and 79.

If her large front and neck vast strength denote;

If on her knee the pendulous dewlap float;

If curling horns their crescent inward bend,

And bristly hairs beneath the ear defend;

If lengthening flanks to bounding measure spread;

If broad her foot and bold her bull-like head;

If snowy spots her mottled body stain,

And her indignant brow the yoke disdain,

With tail wide-sweeping as she stalks the dews,

Thus, lofty, large, and long, the mother choose.

Dryden.