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They were attended on the voyage by Mr. Bickett ; and with so 

 much care and fidelity on his part, that no injury happened to 

 them, and they were in as fine condition when landed in Bos- 

 ton, as when put on board the ship at Liverpool. The North 

 Devon cow calved on the passage from Europe, and the three 

 North Devon heifers have calved since their arrival, the four 

 calves furnishing a fine specimen of this beautiful stock. 



The appearance of the cattle on their arrival in Boston, was 

 very gratifying to the trustees and all who saw them, and such 

 as was highly creditable to the skill of Mr. Bickett, and to his 

 indefatigable care and attention to them while on shipboard. 



The cattle, on their arrival, were placed under the care of the 

 subscriber, at his farm in Lexington, where the public are re- 

 spectfully invited to call and view them. 



Pedigree of the Imported Stock. 



The following pedigree of the Ayrshire bull " Prince Albert," 

 imported by the Society, was kindly furnished by John Moore, 

 Esq., the highly respectable editor of the " Ayrshire and Ren- 

 frewshire Agriculturist." 



"The stock from which 'Prince Albert' sprung, is traced 

 back to a bull which came into the possession of Mr. William 

 Wyllie, farmer in Pitcou, Dairy, which afterward became the 

 property of Mr. Theophilus Paton, of Swinlee, in the same par- 

 ish. This bull was a remarkably fine, symmetrical animal, 

 was often shown, and was never beaten. He was the origin of 

 the Swinlee breed, and was called ' Swinley.' This bull was 

 the sire of 



" Young Swinley, out of Mr. Pa ton's celebrated cow 'Old 

 Dandy.' He took the Beith Society's 1st prize, and various 

 others in the young and aged classes. His dam was the winner 

 for several years of the Beith and Androssan Society's first 

 prizes for aged dairy cows, and competed till faily broken down, 

 when she was beaten by her own daughter, ' Young Dandy.' 

 ' Young Swinley' was the sire of 



" Old Sa?idy, dam a cow, Young Dandy, the property of 

 Mr. James Allen, farmer in Blackstone, parish of Dairy, and 

 bred by him. Old Sandy afterward became the property of 



