374 THE LEADIXG FAMILIES. 



been bred very similarly, they each retain distinctive 

 characteristics, preserving the qualities of the original 

 foundresses. The Georginas are probably the most noted, 

 having produced Kate 2nd 1482, the first-prize cow of 

 the Highland Society in 1874. Of the other two 

 families there have also been several celebrated animals. 



Westertown Families. 



It will be sufficient to name here the families that 

 were principally cultivated by the late Mr Brown, Wester- 

 town, and refer for further particulars to the account of 

 the Westertown herd. Mr Brown's families were the 

 Duchesses of the Queen tribe ; the Lady Anns descended 

 from Colonel Dalgairn's stock at Balgavies ; the Eoses 

 and the Victorias. In every case the blood of Panmure 

 51 and the Tillyfour Queens was very largely infused 

 into these strains. 



Easter Tulloch Families. 



Among these must be specially noted the Duchesses, 

 descended from the Keillor cow Old Grannie 1 ; the 

 Kinnaird Fannys and the Portlethen Mayflowers, else- 

 where referred to ; the Kathleens, descended from Mr 

 Ferguson's Ashinore herd, with a cross of Panmure 51 ; 

 the Levitys, having for ancestress the first-prize cow at 

 the Highland Society's show at Dundee in 1843, bred 

 by Lord Panmure ; and the Bluebells from the Upper 

 Tulloch stock. 



Mulben Families. 



The Mayflower and Ellen families, bred by the late 

 Mr Paferson, Mulben, will be found fully described in 

 the notice of that herd. 



