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quey was bought by Mr Wink, Elgin, for ^5^40, and two 

 oxen were purchased by an Inverness butcher for ;^ioo. 

 Mr Campbell of Jura sold a pair of Highland oxen for £'j^ 

 to a Glasgow butcher. 



. The sum drawn at the gates was ^^"211 is. 6d., more 

 than three times the amount taken in 1831. 



At the dinner which followed the show, the Duke of 

 Richmond presided, and the Marquis of Tweeddale was 

 croupier. Among those present were Lord Hatherton, Lord 

 Saltoun, Lord Gifford, Lord Lovat, the Earl of Charleville, 

 the Earl of March, Sir \Vm. Gordon Gumming, Lord Ward, 

 Sir Robert Abercromby of Birkenbog, the Master of Grant. 

 In proposing prosperity to the Highland Society, the Duke 

 of Richmond said he could have wished that the President, 

 the Duke of Sutherland, could have been present, or that 

 in his absence his place had been filled by one longer 

 acquainted with the agriculture of the north of Scotland. 

 He felt, however, as a Highland proprietor, they had some 

 claims upon him. In proposing the health of the Duke of 

 Richmond, the Marquis of Tweeddale referred to the Duke 

 as one whom he had known, not only as a gentleman in 

 social life, but as a soldier in the field, leading the troops of 

 his country against the enemy. Mr Heriot, Ladykirk, 

 returned thanks for the tenantry of Scotland in a speech of 

 much eloquence. 



