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between the years 1750 (when they were introduced 
by Alexander, tenth Earl of Eglinton) and 1820, 
when, on the death of the twelfth earl, Hugh, being 
much diminished in numbers, they were sent away 
to be killed. Sir John Sinclair, in 1814, referred to 
this herd as one of the few remaining representatives 
at that time of Caledonia’s ancient breed; and 
Robertson, in his “ Description of Cunningham and 
Ayrshire,” published in 1820, has given a good 
description of it. He states that the animals in this 
herd were pure white, with the muzzle and inside 
of the ears black, and that they differed from the 
Chillmgham cattle in being polled or hornless ; 
in this respect resembling the herds at Gisburne, 
Middleton, Somerford, Whalley, and Wollaton. 
Thew number, he adds, was limited, not being allowed 
to increase beyond about a dozen ; they were thinned 
by shooting, which required some precaution to 
accomplish. This account is confirmed by a somewhat 
similar notice, given by the Rey. Mr. Bryce, minister 
of Ardrossan, in the “ New Statistical Account of 
Scotland,” 1837. 
AUCHENCRUIVE, AYRSHIRE.—A. little more than 
a century ago, when this estate, now the property of 
Mr. Oswald, belonged to the Lords Cathcart, a herd 
of white wild cattle existed there. In 1763 the 
estate changed hands, and a few years afterwards, 
within the lifetime of the first Mr. Oswald, who died 
in 1784, the cattle, being found troublesome, were 
got rid of. 
BARNARD CastTLE, DuruAM, formerly part of the 
