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merits at that show is, however, quite certain, as her suc- 

 cessful rival was the celebrated Pride of Aberdeen 581, 

 probably the best heifer of the breed yet seen. She 

 would, however, if in good condition, have probably been 

 second. In 1861, as a cow, Erica 843 was placed third 

 at the Highland Society ; but one of those before her was 

 disqualified, so that she was actually second. She was 

 also first at the local show. In that year she was sold to 

 Sir George Macpherson Grant for 50 guineas, the highest 

 price at the Kinnaird sale. It is needless to remark 

 here on the many excellent animals that now trace de- 

 scent from this valuable cow. Erica 843 herself was not 

 a very large cow, but was almost bigger than what is 

 called " a big little one." She stood on very short legs, 

 and had a lovely, feminine head, and splendid quality. 

 Lord Southesk remarked, that after the sale he much re- 

 gretted he had sold her, but that now he was glad, as 

 otherwise her race might have been also extinguished. 



The only bull calf of any note in 1857 was Raven 270, 

 by Druid 225, out of Eebecca 340. Raven 270 was used 

 in the herd, and got one or two good animals. He was a 

 fair but not first-class bull, and won the first prize at 

 the local show as a yearling, beating the bull Young Pan- 

 mure 232, who subsequently beat him at the Highland 

 Society's show, where Raven was not placed. 



In 1858 the calves altogether were not equal to those of 

 1857. Of the heifers, Dorothea and Olympia 1300 were 

 perhaps the best. They were both by Fusilier 226 one 

 from Dora 333, and the other from Octavia 331. Doro- 

 thea, who had a little more white than was desirable, won 

 the first prize at the Royal Agricultural Society at War- 

 wick as a yearling. She was subsequently sent out to 

 Canada along with a young bull, Orlando, by Raven 270, 

 out of Octavia 331, as a present to the late Sir George 

 Simpson. Whether they left any stock there or not is not 

 known to us. Formosa 186, by Captain Kidd 184, out of 



