“Observe that pretty green and red fly.”
“It has lost itself out at sea, and is resting on the ship.”
“Flies do not soon get tired.”
“No doubt; they are light; the wind carries them.”
“An ounce of flies was once weighed, and afterwards counted; and it was found to comprise no less than six thousand two hundred and sixty-eight.”
The Guernsey passenger with the telescope had approached the St. Malo cattle dealers; and their talk was something in this vein:
“The Aubrac bull has a round and thick buttock, short legs, and a yellowish hide. He is slow at work by reason of the shortness of his legs.”
“In that matter the Salers beats the Aubrac.”
“I have seen, sir, two beautiful bulls in my life. The first has the legs low, the breast thick, the rump full, the haunches large, a good length of neck to the udder, withers of good height, the skin easy to strip. The second had all the signs of good fattening, a thick-set back, neck and shoulders strong, coat white and brown, rump sinking.”
“That’s the Cotentin race.”