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were somewhat tardily assisted by the then English 

 Government. The late Sir Brandeth Gibbs was appointed 

 by the Society to superintend the entries, and to make 

 arrangements for the due conveyance of the cattle and 

 poultry and the management and feeding whilst at the 

 Exhibition, and I received a formal appointment to 

 assist him. 



The collection of cattle, sheep, and pigs was an 

 excellent one, and consisted of about sixty shorthorns, 

 fifty Highland, Polled Angus, and other Scotch breeds, 

 and twenty-five Herefords and longhorns. Her Majesty 

 contributed a large number of shorthorn cattle. The 

 Marquis of Exeter, Lord Bective, Lady Pigot, Mr. 

 Fox, myself, and other shorthorn breeders sent several 

 other fine specimens. The Queen also sent Devons, 

 and Mr. Fryer Sussex. The Scots were nobly repre- 

 sented by Mr. M'Combie, Sir Macpherson Grant, and Mr. 

 Duncan. The Duke of Buckingham and Mr. Farmer 

 contributed excellent longhorns, and Mr. Robertson, 

 of Dublin, Little Kerries from Ireland. There were no 

 Alderneys or Jerseys, and only a single Ayrshire. The 

 sheep were a good lot, Oxfordshires, Kentish, Dorset, 

 and the "race Jonas Webb," as our friends across the 

 Channel still persist in calling our Southdowns. It is 

 curious how some of the original names of sheep, which 

 they bore when introduced into France many years ago, 

 still adhere to them — the " race Dishley," longwools, when 

 crossed become " Dishley Merinos," " Dishley Artesi- 

 cnnes," "Southdo.vn Merinos," "Southdown Dishley." 



Some remarkably curious sheep were pointed out to 

 me, as illustrating a paper read by me some time before 



