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son to believe it to be probable that it was a descendant 

 of this bull that found its way to the Sandwich Islands, 

 where it is said to have done much to improve the breed 

 of cattle. In November 1862 was calved the bull Jupiter 

 471, by Windsor 221, out of Balwyllo Queen 445. This 

 excellent bull recovered from the rinderpest, and took the 

 first prize at Dundee, and afterwards at the Highland 

 Show. He was then sold to Mr Paterson, Mulben, in 

 whose possession he got a great many stock. He was a 

 bull of large size and good substance; but, like other 

 Balwyllo animals, was a trifle rough in the hair not 

 enough, however, to be a very grave defect. 



Of the calves of 1863, 1864, and 1865, it is almost need- 

 less to write. There were many of them that were as 

 good as any of those before them ; but the record almost 

 invariably is, " died of rinderpest." The bulls Commodore 

 490 and Cavalier 411, calved respectively in 1863 and 

 1864. have been noted ; as has also been Theodore 393, 

 calved in 1865. There was, however, a calf Gustavus, 

 by Wellington, a young Balwyllo bull, out of Gem 719, 

 calved in 1864, of whom Mr Carnegie has heard it said 

 that he improved the stock of a whole glen. 



In 1865 the rinderpest came, and practically annihilated 

 the Kinnaird herd. Of the nature of this disease, it is 

 not within the scope of this volume to deal. It k suffi- 

 cient to say that it seems to yield to no treatment, and 

 that female animals who have recovered from it seem 

 never to be of any use as breeders. In the case of the 

 Kinnaird herd, the recoveries were only five viz., the 

 bull Jupiter 471, and the cows Dulcinea 334, Esmeralda, 

 Heather Bell 717, and Balwyllo Queen 445. Dulcinea 

 334 had one calf, a bull called Don Sebastian, by Jupiter 

 471. This animal, the sire of Southesk of Kelly 465, 

 promised to be a very fine one ; but was afterwards 

 obliged to be slaughtered, owing to an internal tumour 

 which probably was congenital. Heather Bell 717 had a 



