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Martin had been there the day before, and declares 

 that lie never killed a heavier beast save one, 

 as he proved at 13| cwt, plus 13 imperial stones of 

 tallow. It was a rare treat to see him come out, 

 with every point so beautifully fitted into each other 

 and bevilled off, and that " neat Roman head set on 

 like a button -" but he was nearly five years old, and 

 had been sadly too chary of his duplicates; and 

 therefore the second-prize two-year-old bull at Stir- 

 ling, the bloodlike Jehu by Duke of Wellington 

 (219) from Young Jean (295) by Captain of Ardovie 

 (63), was now captain in his stead. 



Mr. Walker seldom exhibits except at the High- 

 land Society, Aberdeen, and Kincardine, and gets 

 his full share of prizes, especially with bulls ; while 

 " Tillyfour's" strength lies very decidedly in his 

 females. Dinah, Alice Maude, Beauty, &c., are the 

 principal lady-patronesses of the herd, throughout 

 which there are many traces of the old Pityot tribe, 

 in the white below the belly and on the inside and 

 sometimes the outside of the hock. Of white, which 

 is not congenital, Mr. Walker has a very natural de- 

 testation. He has had two odd proofs of colour con- 

 ception one in a bullock with four white legs and 

 white on the breast, belly, and forehand, which were 

 the precise marks of a strange cat which came about 

 the place ; and the other in the calf of a heifer which 

 was chased about the field by a medical mar^s New- 

 foundland very shortly after service. The dog was 

 sent for, to compare with the calf, and the white on 



