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Mosstrooper (11827), Beeswing (12456), Garioch 

 Boy (13384), Scarlet Velvet (16916), and Diph- 

 thong (17601), have been bought at Sittyton. Bees- 

 wing and Garioch Boy, the latter of whom he consi- 

 ders his best, were both by Matadore (11800). "The 

 Boy" died very early, and never could be shown 

 for the Aberdeen Challenge Cup, which Mr. Camp- 

 bell won with Scarlet Velvet and Diphthong in 

 1862-63, and then resigned without a struggle to 

 Forth. Scarlet Velvet went to Moray shire, and so 

 to the block; and Diphthong, a very thick, good 

 bull, with a curious mark like a tape-line round 

 his left fore ribs, was never beaten till he came into 

 that grand class of 21 aged bulls at Stirling, and 

 stood fourth after a very close finish to Van Tromp, 

 Fosco, and the Worcester Royal winner Duke of 

 Tyne. There are about forty cows and heifers in all 

 at Kinnellar, and Prince of Worcester (20597), bred 

 by Mr. Fletcher, has been used of late with Diph- 

 thong 3rd. Fifteen to sixteen bull-calves are sold 

 every February, and the top prices in 1863-64 re- 

 spectively were, Diphthong 2nd 101 gs. (Mr. J. Boss), 

 and The Provost 75 gs. (Mr. J. Suttie). 



We then committed ourselves to the guidance of a 

 fifty-nine page catalogue, with red edges, containing 

 216 females, from Pure Gold to The Gem, and learnt 

 from it that Sittyton was thirteen miles north of * 

 Aberdeen, and within three miles of Newmachar 

 Station on the Formartine and Buchan line. The 

 scenery about Newmachar is rather wild and bare ; 



