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Inverlair ; 2 John Cameron, Corriechoillie. Blackfaced Gimmers or Ewes — i 

 said A. G. Macdonald ; 2 Donald Smith, Glenevis. Badcnoch and Rothie- 

 murchus — Blackfaced Tups — I Capt. R. M. Macpherson, Nuide ; 2 J. Macnab, 

 Shirrobeg. Blackfaced Gimmers — I said Capt. R. M. Macpherson ; 2 Capt. 

 Macpherson, Biallid. 



1839. Premiums were offered in several districts, but no reports appear to 

 have been received except from those in local competition. 



1840. Badenoch and Rothicinurchtis — Blackfaced Tups — i and 2 Captain 

 Lachlan Macpherson, Biallid. Blackfaced Gimmers — I and 2 Captain Eneas 

 Macpherson, Nuide. Isle of Skye — Cheviot Tups — i Donald Macaskill, 

 Claigan ; 2 Hugh Macaskill of Tallisker. Ten sovereigns equally divided be- 

 tween said Hugh ^Macaskill ; said Donald Macaskill ; and Edward Gibbons, 

 factor to MacLeod, for their three lots of the same breed. Cowal — Blackfaced 

 Tups — I Lewis Macfarlane, Lettermay. Blackfaced Gimmers — i John White, 

 Corruisk. A premium of five sovereigns was awarded at the same competition 

 to Nichol M'Nicol, Glenbranter, for the best pen of Blackfaced Gimmers, 

 shown by competitors in the class of tenants paying not more than ;!^I50 of 

 rent. 



LEICESTER. 



1841. District round Perth — Tups — i Alex. Geekie of Baldourie. Shear- 

 ling Tups — I John Millar of Ballumbie. Ewes — I said John Millar. Gimmers 

 — I Lord Rollo. District romtd Ctipar-Fife — Tups — i John Thomson, Craigie. 

 Shearling Tups — i David Wallace, Balgrummo. Ewes — i James A. Cheyne 

 of Kilmaron. Gimmers — I Robert Thomson, Pusk. District round Kirk- 

 cudbright — Tups — I John Mackenzie, Barnhill. Shearling Tups — i William 

 Marshall, Parkhouse. Ewes — i The Earl of Selkirk. Gimmers — i Thomas 

 Aitken, Auchlane. 



CHEVIOT. 



Jedburgh, Ss'c. — Tups — I Thomas Scott. Shearling Tups — i Thomas 

 Elliot, Hindhope. Ewes — i Mr Douglas, Hindhope. Gimmers — i said Thos. 

 Elliot. District round Moffat — Tups — i James Br}-don, Moodlaw. Shearling 

 Tups — I Walter Carruthers, Kirkhill. Ewes — i William Aitchison, Menzion. 

 Gimmers — l Mr Moffat, Garwald. Ross aiui Inverness-shires — Tups — I Mr 

 . Macleod, Gladfield. Shearling Tups — i Mr Scott, Lochcarron. Ewes — i Mr 

 Mitchell, Attadale. Gimmers — i Messrs Laidlaw, Comar. 



BLACKFACED. 



Class L, Proprietors or Tenants paying more, and Class IL, Tenants paying 

 not more, than ;!^i5o of rent. 

 Morven — Tups, Class L — i Mr Kirkpatrick, Mungasdale. Tups, Class 

 n. — ^Ir Corson, Auchlenan. Gimmers, Class I. — i said Mr Kirkpatrick. 

 Gimmers, Class H. — i Thomas Ritchie, Gortonfem. Rothiemurchus — Tups, 

 Class I. — I Capt. Eneas M. Macpherson, Nuide. Tups, Class H. — i Donald 

 Macdonald, Shiramore. Gimmers, Class I.— i said Capt. Eneas M. Macpher- 

 son. Gimmers, Class IL — ^James Macpherson, Gaskmore. Athole, i^c. — 

 Tups, Class I. — I Richard Beaumont, of Richael. Tups, Class II. — i John 

 Campbell, Liche. Gimmers, Class I. — i John Anderson, Braes of Foss. 

 Gimmers, Class II. — i said John Campbell. Upper Ward of Lanarkshire — 

 Tups, Class I.— I Alexander Denholm, Baitlaws. Tups, Class II. — i Thos. 



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