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served, these were by no means the only animals of 

 celebrity bred by him. Susan of Balwyllo 422, and Isa- 

 bella of Balwyllo 423, who established tribes at Balwyllo, 

 were bred by Mr Fullerton, as were also Lively 256, the 

 foundress of the Portlethen family of that name ; Flora 70, 

 the foundress of a family of Floras at The Thorn ; Guinea 

 Pig 120, who went to Mains of Kelly, and from whom Mr 

 Bowie's Gainsborough bulls are descended ; Ardestie 1183, 

 the progenitrix of the Mains of Kelly Ardesties ; and others 

 of lesser note. 



Isabella of Balwyllo 423, Susan of Balwyllo 422, and 

 Lively 256, bred by Mr Fullerton, were after the bull Earl 

 o' Buchan 57, first prize winner in the aged class at the 

 Highland Society's show at Glasgow in 1850. We are 

 able, by reference to the letter from Mr Fullerton to Mr 

 Bowie, already alluded to, to furnish a few interesting 

 particulars regarding Earl o' Buchan 57. Mr Fullerton 

 says : " I bought a bull from the late Mr Cooper, Hillbrae, 

 Buchan, and I fearlessly called this bull Earl o' Buchan. 

 I found out the bull in this way. His mother was a great 

 big cow, with splendid back and hooks, and plenty of hair; 

 she had a 'snod' rather short head, and had a tap hanging 

 down over her forehead. If you could have found a fault, 

 she was thin on her thighs, but on the whole a wonderful 

 cow, and of great substance. I saw the cow and her calf in 

 the showyard at the Highland Society's meeting at Aber- 

 deen in 1846. The cow, I think, calved in the yard, and it 

 was fancying the calf that made me buy the cow. It 

 was lying covered up with grass at its mother's head, and 

 I only saw its head at first sight. Its face was all glazed 

 like, as you have seen a calf's face when the mother is like 

 to drown it with milk. I made the man take the grass off 

 the calf and set it on its feet. It pleased me much. Mr 

 Cooper would not sell, he said ; but by the help of Mr 

 Paterson, Mulben, Mr M'Combie, and others, I at length 

 bought cow and calf. I won at Glasgow with the bull. 



