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at the demand, as I wondered why this animal should 

 be required to improve the " Charolais " and other noted 

 French breeds, but as Mr. Duncan had left Paris I wrote 

 to ask his terms. He replied, *' Fifty guineas for tJie hire 

 for six months, and one hundred and fifty guineas for 

 the animal if bought outright." The next day Sir 

 Philip called round with a rather ordinary-looking 

 oldish French lady, and said the animal was not required 

 for breeding, but as a model for the lady accompanying 

 him, who was no other than Madame Rosa Bonheur. 

 The little dame, who scarcely spoke a word of English, 

 said, if it could be arranged, she wished the bull sent 

 direct to her studio at Fontainebleau. Mr. Duncan was 

 again written to, and replied that Madame Bonheur 

 might have the bull for nothing, and that he was only 

 too happy to have his herd immortalized by so great an 

 artist, and I saw the animal safely despatched to its 

 novel destination. I have since seen at M. Lefevre's 

 gallery a remarkably grand portrait of this bull, who 

 now figures in many of Madame's pictures of Highland 

 cattle and scenery. Mr. Duncan told me that some 

 time afterwards he had received a splendid portrait of 

 his animal in Rosa Bonheur's most perfect style. 



It is a melancholy tale to tell of the conclusion of this 

 great undertaking, that on our return to England I 

 di. covered that we had brought back with us the 

 dreaded " foot-and-mouth " disease. Nearly one-half 

 of the cattle either died or were slaughtered at Brown's 

 Wharf on the Thames, and several thousand pounds 

 were sacrificed by this heavy misfortune. I have no 

 doubt whatever that the Rinderpest, Pleuro-Pneumonia, 

 and Foot-and-Mouth Disease are unmistakeably of 



