cowhood

Updated: May 8, 2025

How that last look of alarm and incredulity, which I caught as I turned for a parting glance, went to my heart! Her stall was soon filled, or partly filled, and this time with a native a specimen of what may be called the cornstalk breed of Virginia: a slender, furtive, long-geared heifer just verging on cowhood, that in spite of my best efforts would wear a pinched and hungry look.

Various - The Galaxy: Vol. 23, No. 1