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of Sally, alias the Spotted Lady, and some other 

 capital sows) and "Bob" of his own breeding, in tlie 

 boar and sow classes at Kelso. Nelly has yielded 

 up her ham and bacon, and the only addition since 

 our visit is a boar of the large sort from Mr. Brown^s 

 of Kirkbampton, near Carlisle. Tlie middle breed is 

 a simple combination of the two others. Glasgow 

 Green in May (where Mr. Findlay won firsts 

 in the large and small classes this year) is the 

 great local pig show, and there the " Improved 

 Easterhill" pigs have done uniformly well. The 

 sows are generally ready to pig a fortnight after, so 

 as to be in nice trim for the Highland Society. Ten of 

 the small and large, and two of the middle breed com- 

 pose the Easterhill breeding sow lot ; and many 

 young pigs have gone to the West Indies and Ame- 

 rica, as well as all over Scotland, at very high prices, 

 from the teat. 



Their owner rather enjoys "pig-racing," which, as 

 a country squire once said to us, " is quite as good 

 fun as shorthorn-racing, at one-fourth the expense.'^ 

 The sister sport also profits, as another breeder made 

 it his boast "that he had three days a week hunting 

 out of two breeding sows.^' The best pig joke w^e 

 heard in Scotland was at the expense of a man in 

 charge. His beloved sow had won, and some by- 

 standers would tell him that he had no right to the 

 prize, as she was not so good in her girth as the se- 

 cond. Through good report and evil report he was 

 bound to support her ; and this he did most effec- 



