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bred at Holmscales, with seven crosses of Booth blood, winding up 

 with Vanguard, and Hamlet, is down calving. Lady Bjtty, a very 

 thick yearling, evidently a good doer, is from Lady Beaumont. 

 Crossing the line, connecting some coal pits with the main railway, 

 are some further buildings, wherein are most of the heifers. Royal 

 Hose, and Rosetree, daughter, and grand-daughter, of the prize co\v, 

 Moss Rose, are very neat ; and out of half a dozen Mantalinis, 

 descending from Maid of the Mist, Meta, is one of the best, and of 

 Moonlight, and Moonshine, another pair of twins, accredited to 

 Benbicula, we prefer the darker roan. Naomi, and Ruth, are again 

 a pair of twins, but not of Mr. Jefferson's own breeding, being by 

 Prince of Edge Hill, out of a very fine cow Queen Necklace, of the 

 Katheiine family. Honri, a red and white daughter of Mr. Fox's 

 British Boy, is a wealthy young Cressida cow, and Zazel, one of the 

 Vespers, with a pedigree well topped by Lord Prinknash, Sir Windsor 

 Bioughton, and Breastplate. Dolly Darling, is of Mr. Willis' 

 Maid of Masham tribe, more recently through Mr. Burnyeat's hands, 

 and Silk Vevet, out of Strawberry 17th, is one of the few calves got by 

 Lady Pigot's Whiff, after he came lo Preston Hows, from whence he 

 did not depart to the butcher until he had attained his 13th year. 

 Reciossing the mstals to the main homestead, we have yet to see 

 one of the most fashionable of the tribes in Mr. Jefferson's possession, 

 a squarely built GboL-gie cow, Valiant, purchased fiom Mr. Close. 



When at Bui gh -by- Sands, Mr. R. B. Buckbank dispersed his 

 entire heid, comprising 55 head, at the excellent average of <37 3s., 

 two members of the Wild Eyes tiibe making 1(50 and 120gs. each. 

 We were under the impression that Mr. Biockbank had reliquished 

 shoithoin breeding, and it was not until sometime after our visit to 

 the Cumberland herds we discovered such not to b^ the case, and 

 that at Crosby, near to Marypoit, he had again got together betwixt 

 thirty and foity females. Several purchases were made at the dis- 

 persion of Capt. Chamley's he.-d, which consisted entirely of one 

 family, bred from Mr. S. E. Bolden's celebrated cow Cz.tiina, by 

 Grand Duke 2nd, out of a daughter of Eail Spencer's Vaudeville, 

 descended fioin Mr. Mason's No. 25 at the Chilton sale 182!). In 



