[X] The word Ox—Bos—is a general term applied equally by sacred and profane writers to the bull, ox, and cow.—Valla, lib. iv., cap. 42. It would appear that the castration of bulls originated with the Greeks, though they and the Romans, their imitators, saw only in this operation the facility of subduing them, and accustoming them to the yoke.—Geoponics, Columella, Pliny, &c.
[Y] We saw, in 1836, while at Colne Castle, about one ton weight taken out of the water in a few hours.
[Z] A sort of wine, much esteemed.
TABLE OF REFERENCES
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Ancient and Modern Writers.
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AGRICULTURE.
[I_1] Plutarch. De Isid. et Osirid.; Ovid. Fabul. lib. v. 6, 7; Aurel. Vict. De Orig. Gent. Roman.
[I_2] Genes. cap. ii. 15.
[I_3] Ibid. cap. iii. 23.