Dairy stock : its selection, diseases, and produce, with a description of the Brittany breed / by John Gamgee.

  • Gamgee, John, 1831-1894.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Dairy stock : its selection, diseases, and produce, with a description of the Brittany breed / by John Gamgee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was done for their improvement; they were entirely in the hands of the Eoman Catholic priests, who, follow- ing theix usual policy, checked education as much as possible. Since the accession of Napoleon III. great changes have taken place ; there is a qualified school- master in every village, and parents are ohliged, under pain of being fined, to send their children to school The instruction is carried on ia French, as it is the wish of the Emperor to make the French language take the place of the Breton, and thus to ahoHsh the barriers which separate Brittany from the rest of France. The Bretons are a brave, energetic people, and are not as flippant as the French ia general, though, as a rule, less intelligent. They are at once known to be the bravest and stupidest of the soldiers of the French army ; and it has been observed that when they leave the ranks and return to the country, they very soon lose the soldier-like appearance they have contracted. The Bretons, like true Celts, are extremely fond of in- toxicating liquors, and though their scanty means do not allow them as a rule to drink anything but cider, they indulge in it immoderately. I have already said that the Bretons are ignorant, and it is not to be won- dered at therefore, that they are very bigoted- Brit- tany has always been considered the stronghold of papacy in France, and the priests have known well how to use their power.