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without doubt, among the first of the stranger breed 

 that reached that region. About 1750, a little previous 

 to the above date, the Earl of Marchmont bought of the 

 Bishop of Durham several cows and a bull of the Tees- 

 water breed, all of a brown color spotted with white, 

 and kept them some time at his seat in Berwickshire. 

 His lordship had extensive estates in Kyle, another dis- 

 trict of Ayrshire, and thither his factor, Bruce Camp- 

 bell, took some of the Teeswater breed and kept them 

 for some time, and their progeny spread over various 

 parts of Ayrshire. A bull, after serving many cows of 

 the estates already mentioned, was sold to a Mr. Hamil- 

 ton, in another quarter of Ayrshire, and raised a numer- 

 ous offspring. 



About the year 1767, also, John Orr sent from Glas- 

 gow to his estate in Ayrshire some fine milch cows, of 

 a much larger size than any then in that region. One 

 of them cost six pounds, which was more than twice 

 the price of the best cow in that quarter. These cows 

 were well fed, and of course yielded a large return of 

 milk ; and the farmers, for miles around, were eager to 

 get their calves to raise. 



About the same time, also, a few other noblemen and 

 gentlemen, stimulated by example, bought cattle of the 

 same appearance, in color brown spotted with white, all 

 of them larger than the native cattle of the county, 

 and when well fed yielding much larger quantities of 

 milk, and their calves were all raised. Bulls of their 

 I reed and color were preferred to all others. 



From the description given of these cattle, there is 

 no doubt that they were the old Teeswater, or Dutch ; 

 the foundation, also, according to the best authorities, of 

 the modern improved short-horns. With them and the 

 crosses obtained from them the whole county gradu- 

 ally became stocked, and supplied the neighboring 



