Even to this day, those reared in the provinces near the Plata show their less civilised origin, in being fiercer than common cattle, and in the cow easily deserting her first calf, if visited too often or molested.

It is a singular fact that an almost similar structure to the abnormal one of the niata breed, characterises, as I am informed by Dr.Falconer, that great extinct ruminant of India, the Sivatherium.

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A nearly similar abnormal, but I do not know whether hereditary, structure has been observed in the carp, and likewise in the crocodile of the Ganges: "Histoire des Anomalies" par M.Isid.Geoffroy St.Hilaire tome 1 page 244.) The breed is very TRUE; and a niata bull and cow invariably produce niata calves.

A niata bull with a common cow, or the reverse cross, produces offspring having an intermediate character, but with the niata characters strongly displayed: according to Se､or Muniz, there is the clearest evidence, contrary to the common belief of agriculturists in analogous cases, that the niata cow when crossed with a common bull transmits her peculiarities more strongly than the niata bull when crossed with a common cow.