148 AMERICAN CATTLE. 



The same year, Mr. Gorham Parsons, of Brighton, Mass., 

 imported a short-horn bull "Fortunatus" bred by Geo. Faulk- 

 ner, of North Allerton, Yorkshire, England. He was used con- 

 siderably on the native cows of his State, but we have never 

 traced any thorough bred pedigrees to him. 



In 1820, Mr. Theodore Lyman, of Boston, Mass., imported a 

 bull, which he sold to Israel Thorndike, of that city, and he sent 

 him to his farm in Maine. Of his produce we hear nothing. 



About the year 1820, and during a few years succeeding, 

 several spirited gentlemen of Boston, and its neighborhood, 

 imported a number of cows and bulls from some of the best 

 herds in England. They were Messrs. Derby, "Williams, Lee, 

 Prince, Monson, and perhaps others. These were all fine cattle, 

 and of approved blood in the English short-horn districts. 

 Their descendants are still numerous in New England, and some 

 other States. 



About the year 1823, the late Admiral Sir Isaac" Coffin, ot 

 the British navy, a native of Massachusetts, sent out a cow 

 "Annabella" and a bull "Admiral" as a gift to the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural Society. They were good animals, and 

 bred with the other Massachusetts importations. 



Shortly previous to 1821, the late John S. Skinner, of Balti- 

 more, Md., imported for Governor Lloyd, of that State, a bull 

 "Champion" and two heifers "White Rose "and "Shep- 

 herdess" from the herd of Mr. Champion, a noted English 

 breeder. From these, several good animals descended, some of 

 which are now known. 



In 1823, Mr. Skinner also imported for the late Gen. Stephen 

 "Van Rensselaer, of Albany, N. Y., a bull "Washington" 

 and two heifers "Conquest" and "Pansey" from the same 

 herd of Mr. Champion. Conquest did not breed; Pansey was 

 a successful breeder, and many of her descendants are now 

 scattered over the country. 



