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about her. Nonpareil by The Baron that's her 

 Her breeder parted with her in an evil hour. Only 

 she and Lancaster 25th left out of that lot. The other 

 two, Duchess 2nd and Matchless, were barren, and 

 sold. If we had saved the triplet it would have 

 squared matters. Last, though not least, there's 

 Pan Fan, the white daughter of Sir James ; she has 

 a calf, the image of Emperor, six months old. 

 That's the town of Dunfermline on the hill; the 

 abbey and the spires, and the damask manufactory ; 

 three acres for one of them. Upon my word, they 

 are spreading their wings ! 



" This is the yard ; it's quite a menagerie here. 

 There are no pig sales in these parts. Mr. Findlay 

 gets all the pig money. They think it, about here, 

 stiff enough at 20s. for one of eight weeks. There's 

 one sow of our own breeding, and the others are 

 Lord Wenloclv's breed. That's the family ! One is*"a 

 little too close bred, from a Wenlock and by a Wen- 

 lock ; its tail came, and it withered. 



<( The bulls are this way. That's Silver Duke : 

 he's a nice waxy lad ; but this is his conqueror ! 

 We'Ve mostly Bates, with a mixture of Booth for 

 emergencies. Here's a gentle thing, Emperor of 

 Hindostan, but he's got the lion's share of the cows. 

 He stands well in the book. We've a twelve days' 

 calf by him out of May Queen. Vine Dresser look 

 how he stands round to let you see his chest. That's 

 an Englishman calf, and his dam's a beauty. We 

 think as much of his father as any body's bull : I'm 



