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previous year, he engaged Mr. Howard to go to 1858 

 Scotland expressly on his account to select and pur- 

 chase. In August, 1859, there arrived two bulls, 

 Eglinton and King Coil, and twentj'--one cows and 

 heifers. Ada, who proved barren, Alice, Beauty, 

 Brenda in calf with Brenda 2d, Corslet, Duchess 2d, 

 Flora, Jane, Maggie, Mary 3d, Minna, Miss Drew, 

 Mistress 2d, Nannie, Pink in calf with Oswald, 

 Queen 2d in calf with Empress, Queen 3d, Rosa, 

 Ruth, Susan in calf with Susan 2d, and Young Mer- 

 ry ton in calf with Merryton 3d.^'* 



While Mr. Howard was in Scotland he appears to 

 have selected cattle for others. Such was the case 

 with the cow Effie, imported by Mr. Rufus Carter, 

 of Worcester, in 1858 ;" and probably the cow 

 Margery, imported by Mr. J. S. Cabot, of Salem, in 

 1858 ;55 the cow Jessie, imported by Dr. George 

 B. Loring, of Salem, the same year f and the impor- 

 tations of Mr. Lyman were of his selection. Geo. 

 W. Lyman, of Waltham, appears to have received 

 the bull Comet, possibly two cows, one to calve with 

 the bull calf Scotland. »« 



In 1858 also, Mr. John Brooks, of Princeton, 

 Mass., imported a bull. Dr. Hornbrook.^^ 



Capt. Peel, of Canada, is said to have brought 

 over in this year a bull, Roxborough, aud a cow.^" 



The importation of Mr. C. M. Pond, of Hartford, 

 Conn., made this year, appears to have consisted of 



M H H. Peters' Cat. « A. H. B , C. 135. 



« A. H. B., C. 368. ■" A. U. B., C. 107. 



»• A. H. B., B. 124, 131, 132, 133, 316. C. 2W, 37J, 419, 437, 476, 606, 742, 782, 

 806, 1746; C. 132, 133; 0. 357. 



•» A. H. B., B. 16. H. H. Peters' Cat. •» A. H. B., C. 1669, 1246. 



