112 DISQUALIFIED PIGS AT THE BIRMINGHAM SHOW. 
tliere is nothing in their external and general appearance to excite my 
suspicions on that point, I cannot see any grounds to object to them as 
they have been represented, viz., of the same age and of the same litter. 
“ I remain, sir, your faithful servant, 
tj T J3artii 
“The lion. Colonel E. Douglas Pennant, M.P.” 
[Copy.] 
“Dublin, Dec. 22nd, 1862. 
“ Sir,—I beg to enclose certificate of the examination of your pigs, 
and am happy to say that I can most thoroughly endorse the statement 
of your bailiff, Mr. Smith. I have made as careful an examination as I 
possibly could, and do not entertain the shadow of a doubt that the cer¬ 
tificate I herewith send is correct. 
“ I have the honour to be, sir, 
“ Your most obedient servant, 
“James J. Fareall, V.S. 
“ The Hon. Colonel Pennant.” 
[Copy of Enclosure.] 
“I hereby certify that at the request of the Hon. Colonel Pennant I 
have this day examined, at Penrhyn Castle, three sow pigs with reference 
to their age, and am distinctly of opinion that said pigs are of the same 
age, and from their general appearance I would believe them to be of 
the same litter. 
“James J. Fareall, Y.S.” 
[Copy.] 
*• Holker, Lancashire, Dec. 24th, 1862. 
“ Sir,—I have the honour to inform you that I examined the pigs 
agreeable to your request, and also some others—pure-bred—which I 
selected from the several litters. The result of this examination satisfies 
me that some of the pigs have accidentally been mixed, so that it was 
believed they were of ages different from those indicated by their den¬ 
tition. I enclose a certificate of my opinion of the Birmingham pigs. 
“ I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, 
“ Jas. B. Simonds.” 
[Copy of Enclosure.] 
“Penrhyn Castle, Dec. 23rd, 1862. 
“ I hereby certify that I have this day examined three pigs, the pro¬ 
perty of the Hon. Colonel Douglas Pennant, M.P., identified as being 
the same animals which Avere exhibited at the late Cattle Show^ at Bir¬ 
mingham, and find that a variation exists in their teething, w'hich is 
not consistent with their being all of the same litter. 
“James B. Simonds, 
“Professor Boyal Veterinary College.” 
“Penrhyn Faem, Dec. 2nd, 1862. 
“ Sir,—The above pen of three soav pigs are part of a litter of seven 
farrowed on February 12th, 1862, viz. (three boars and four sow’s), one 
