650 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



says: "The scenery here is picturesque and 

 beautiful. The winding river, a fine salmon 

 stream, is flanked by wooded heights, with 

 some handsome villas nestling here and there 

 among the trees. At times the valley narrows 

 between rugged woody banks and then widens 

 out again into broad, fertile meadows haughs, 

 as they are called in Scotland where the fat 

 sheep browse and the cattle doze away their 

 time in sleepy satisfaction among the butter- 

 cups and clover. A sweet spot it is in sunny 

 days of June when the sky is without a cloud 

 and the skylarks are fluttering and singing 

 over the grassy fields. The farm lies among 

 the banks and braes that slope up from the 

 river and consists for the most part of good 

 loamy soil, laid off in square fields, inclosed by 

 massive stone dykes." 



The foundation heifers above mentioned were 

 both sired by The Pacha (7612) the grandson 

 of Mason's Lady Sarah heretofore referred to 

 and were known as Isabella and Susannah. 

 From the 20-guinea heifer, Isabella, Mr. Camp- 

 bell derived two good families, known as the 

 Urys and Clarets. He seems to have proceeded 

 leisurely in his cattle-breeding and at first 

 bred his cows and heifers to sires in service on 

 neighboring farms, among them being Fairfax 

 Hero (9106), Vice-President (11002) and Unri- 

 valed (13926) all bred at Sittyton and two of 



