[655] Ibid. 1901, p. 30. See below, p. 343.
[656] Board of Agriculture Returns, 1878, and R.A.S.E. Journal, 1868, p. 239. Young estimated the number of cattle in England in 1770 at 2,852,048, including 684,491 draught cattle.—Eastern Tour, iv. 456.
[657] R.A.S.E. Journal, (2nd ser.), ii. 230.
[658] Ibid. iii. 430.
[659] R.A.S.E. Journal (2nd ser.), ii. 270.
[660] See Autobiography of Joseph Arch.
[661] Ibid. ix. 274.
[662] In many districts, however, his food was better than this.
[663] Hasbach, op. cit., pp. 276-7.
[664] Hasbach, op. cit., pp. 193, et seq. The Gangs Act (30 & 31 Vict. c. 130) had already brought the system under control.