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yearlings. The former was sold to Mr M'Combie of Tilly- 

 four at the Powis sale for 81 guineas, and his name appears 

 in many good pedigrees. The latter was used in the Bal- 

 wyllo herd. Princess Eoyal's next calf was Alice Maud 724, 

 by Black Prince of Balwyllo 248. She grew into a very 

 large, fleshy cow, a little wanting perhaps in beauty, but 

 of grand substance. She was sold for 63 guineas at 

 the sale in 1863, to Mr Walker, Portlethen, and has left a 

 numerous progeny. A yearling bull, Wellington of Bal- 

 wyllo, who does not appear to have been entered in the 

 ' Herd Book,' was sold to the late Mr Erskine, Wemyss, 

 for 40 guineas ; and the bull calf Balwyllo Eclipse 781, by 

 Sir William Wallace 308, was bought for 23 guineas by 

 Mr Cran, Morlich, and his name appears in almost every 

 pedigree in that flourishing herd. Princess Eoyal 444 

 herself was lame at the sale, and was bought by me for 

 20 guineas. She and her heifer Helena, an animal of 

 great beauty, died of rinderpest, but her calf Princess 

 Louisa, by Legislator 489, survived, and was sold at the 

 Arratsmill sale in 1868 to Mr Paxton, Broomknowe, for 

 35. A yearling named Lorelei, and a calf, Laura, were 

 sold at the same sale to Lord Clinton and Mr Lindsay, 

 Duninald, respectively, but I am not aware that they have 

 left any descendants. Topsy 447, Victoria 2nd's second 

 daughter, was a large beefy animal, but though a prize- 

 taker, was decidedly deficient in style, her head being 

 rather clumsily set on. She was bought at the Powis 

 sale for Lord Southesk, who, however, sold her at the 

 Kinnaird sale in 1861 for about half the money he gave 

 for her. Eugenie 458, the third daughter, was a large but 

 somewhat rough cow. She was bought at the sale in 1863 

 by Sir Thomas Gladstone ; and though there is some doubt 

 in the matter, owing to the pedigrees not having been 

 accurately kept, I have every reason to believe that she 

 was either the dam or granddam of Eugenie of Fasque 

 3910, and she has left goodly descendants. 



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