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retained in Forfarshire, and became victims to rinder- 

 pest a few years afterwards. The highest-priced animal 

 at the sale was Erica 843, bought by Sir George Mac- 

 pherson Grant for 50 guineas. The BalwyUo cow Keep- 

 sake 427 went to Mr Collie, Ardgay, for 30 guineas. 

 Perdita 848, by whom the Nightingale family at Port- 

 lethen is preserved, was bought by Mr Walker for 25 

 guineas. Among the bulls sold were five very superior 

 animals — Delaware 457, who went to Easter Skene; 

 Draco 338, to Ardhuncart; Don Fernando 514, to Tilly- 

 four; Damascus 495, to Eothiemay; and King Henry 

 390, to Easter Tulloch. The first four were of the Dora 

 family. At Mr Walker's sale at Montbletton in 1862, 

 the highest price (60 guineas) was paid by Mr M'Gombie 

 of TiUyfour for the prize -cow Mayflower 614, the 

 foundress of the Mayflower family. The remark in 

 reference to the Elinnaird sale of 1860 applies with even 

 increased force to the BalwyUo dispersion in 1863. 

 Alice Maud 724, the highest^frced"cow7 "s'old for 63 

 guineas, is almost the only animal that has living female 

 descendants. Eugenie 458, sold to Sir Thomas Glad- 

 stone, is also worthily represented in the Fasque herd. 

 Mr Gran, Morlich, bought at this sale the bull BalwyUo 

 Eclipse 781. The low prices at the Earl of Southesk's 

 sale in 1865 are explained by the fact that the auction 

 took place while rinderpest was raging in the county. 

 Empress of France 578, then eleven years old, was sold 

 to Mr Scott, Easter Tulloch, for 26 guineas. A more 

 fortunate purchase by Mr Scott was the cow Formosa 

 186, of the Fanny tribe. We should notice that at this 

 sale a cow named Ella, out of Emily 332, the dam of 

 Erica 843, and affir'^indsor 221, was sold to Mr 

 Alexander, Bent, for 23 guineas. An examination of 

 these Forfarshire sales awakens melancholy reflections as 

 to the havoc wrought to the breed by cattle plague. 



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