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his dissent from the short commons they were obliged 

 to put him on. A few cows jji the herd had retained 

 some of the Hereford colour, and others merely a 

 little white under the jowl and round the eye. One, 

 in which a Hereford strain on each side had united, 

 was pretty nearly a pure Hereford to look at, and 

 another of a similar cross quite as decidedly short- 

 horn. 



Thirty miles down the rail brought us to Kinaldie 

 station, two or three miles beyond Kintore. Mr. 

 Milne of Kinaldie, a well-known breeder, has a herd 

 of shorthorns within a very few minutes 5 walk of the 

 station, but we had not the good fortune to meet 

 with him. Kinnellar is on the opposite side of the 

 rail, and about a mile up the hill. Its tenant, Mr. 

 Campbell, began with shorthorns from Ury eighteen 

 years ago, and Isabella by The Pacha ((7612), for 

 which he gave 20 gs. at one of the Captain's roups, 

 was the first that did him substantial service. She 

 bred a calf soon after she was two, and followed, it up 

 with eight more, and carried the Highland Society's 

 prize at the Marr Association, as the best beast 

 on the ground. Ruby Hill, from the Hill Head sale, 

 also did well for him, and Miss Eamsden by Duke 

 (3630), Nonpareil by Lord Sackville (13247), Thes- 

 lonica by Duke of Clarence (9040), Crocus by Sir 

 Arthur (12072), and Thalia by Earl of Aberdeen 

 (18200), have all been good breeders. With the 

 exception of Lord Scarboro' (9064), a purchase at 

 Mr. Wetherell's sale in '59, all his recent bulls, 



