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prizes. His eye glistened wlien he told them that 

 Wellington heard no sound with more delight, or 

 Napoleon with more dismay, than that of a High- 

 land pibroch ; or when he pointed out that, as the 

 waists of Brussells belles were tied with Scottish rib- 

 bons, ^^ such an example should not be wasted on the 

 belles of our own country/^ He could tell the 

 pipers, too, how one gold medallist had, since their 

 last merry meeting, forgotten all about the surgeon, 

 and continued to play on his pipe, when he was 

 severely wounded at Vimeira, and how one who had 

 gained a second pipe had been wounded four times. 

 The 42nd, the 71st, the 79th, and the 92nd regi- 

 ments had all a magic sound for his audience ; but 

 still, the Scots Greys v/ere first favourites, and the 

 roof rang longest and loudest at the mention of their 

 name. 



The dairy claims were substantially recognized in 

 ^24, Avhen the expediency of sending sweet milk to 

 market in spring-carts and locked vessels was insisted 

 on, and prizes were proposed for Dunlop or '' Mild 

 Ayrshire,^^ and imitations of Double Glo^ster. No 

 competitor was to send in less than 10 stone of 

 IGlbs. and 16oz. to the pound. Fifty-two cheeses 

 competed at the first show^ which was held in Edin- 

 burgh on December 22nd, and Mr. Sanderson of the 

 Black Castle, Lanarkshire, was first with Dunlop, 

 and Mr. BellofWoodhouse Lees, Dumfriesshire, with 

 the Double Glo'ster. Prizes for North Wiltshire 

 cheeses were given the next Christmas ; but the 



