162 IMPORTATIONS. 



more. These passed into the hands of John Ridgley, 

 and were sent to the celebrated Hampton Estate. 

 This importation was probably kept with but little 

 attention to preserving the breed intact. 19 



For the Eandall importation of this year, see the 

 notice under the year 1838. 



For the notice of the importation of the Massachu- 

 setts Society for Promotion of Agriculture during 

 this year, see under 1837. 



For Capt. Nye's importation of this year, see 

 under date of 1840. 



Some years previous to 1847 Dr. Hoffman made 

 an importation into Maryland. These passed, some 

 of them at least, into the hands of Mr. McHenry, of 

 Hartford County. 20 Some of this importation ap- 

 pears to be found in the cows Jenny Deans and Mary 

 Queen of Scots. 21 



1846 In June of 1846, R. L. Colt, Esq., of Paterson, 

 N. J., imported a bull and a cow in the ship 

 " Europe." The bull Geordie was a descendant of a 

 famous bull of that name in Scotland, and was him- 

 self a prize-taker. He cost 40 in Ayr. The cow 

 Bessy cost 19. 22 



Samuel Ward, Esq., then of North Stockbridge, 



afterwards of Lenox, Mass., imported a bull and 



heifer this year. 23 The bull Dandy appears to have 



gone into the possession of E. P. Prentice. 



1848 In 1848, according to a reference in the Ayrshire 



Farmers' Lib. iii, 1848, p. 286. *> Ibid. 



" A. H. B., C. 1787, 1923. 



*2 Farmers' Lib. ii, 385, where the bull is figured; do. iii, 289, for the cow. 



*s Alb. Cult., July, 1851. 



