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and he very often sells twice as many at the October 

 one as he does at the September. Last October his 

 three largest consignments were from "LochiePs" 

 farm of Locharkaig in Lochaber, Captain Donald 

 Colin Cameron of Talisker, Isle of Skye, and Messrs. 

 Elliot and Scott of Drynoch in the same island. No 

 less than 3,679 of LochieFs were divided between the 

 two trysts, and 2,378 of them were sold in the Oc- 

 tober, with 3,437 from Captain Cameron^ and 

 1,673 from the Drynoch farm. 



The Swans, father and two sons, are flitting about 

 not in white swanks-down, but white linen coats, and 

 note -book and pencil in hand. One son makes 

 sheep, and the other cattle, his specialty. They 

 had nigh ten thousand sheep on sale yester- 

 day^, and many thousand pounds' worth of cattle will 

 have passed through their note-books before the sun 

 goes down. Then we are told that Daniel Kennedy 

 has sold the Corrynafarm wedders at 38s., and that 

 "Walter Smith has shaken hands with Kerr of Liver- 

 pool, w^ho never saw Falkirk more, for 650 black- 

 faced wedders at one-and-thirty. Buist had also been 

 busy with his auction; and they told of Walter Brydon 

 of Burncastle's black-faced tups fetching from £16 

 downwards. 



The larger money transfers are generally managed 

 by the bankers, who pitch their little " green-back^^ 

 tents, and deal in more sterling currency. Liverpool, 

 Yorkshire, and Cumberland men are their leading 

 customers, an-d if any hitch arises about a cheque or 



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