. The wild white cattle of Great Britain. An account of their origin, history, and present state. e-thing more than a hundred years since; and through hiskindness I am able to give an exact copy of an oldpicture he possesses, which, family tradition says, is thevery bull originally brought from Lancashire. Thoughroughly executed, it gives a good idea of what theold Middleton cattle and their descendants at Guntonwere, forming as it does the connecting link betweenthem. The Gunton herd was in its greatest perfection inthe time of Edward, third Lord Suffield, second son ofthe first lord, and fat
. The wild white cattle of Great Britain. An account of their origin, history, and present state. e-thing more than a hundred years since; and through hiskindness I am able to give an exact copy of an oldpicture he possesses, which, family tradition says, is thevery bull originally brought from Lancashire. Thoughroughly executed, it gives a good idea of what theold Middleton cattle and their descendants at Guntonwere, forming as it does the connecting link betweenthem. The Gunton herd was in its greatest perfection inthe time of Edward, third Lord Suffield, second son ofthe first lord, and father of the present peer. He diedin 1835. The herd seems to have declined and cometo an end in the time of Edward Vernon (fourth lord,and half-brother of the present), who did not careabout it, and who also sold Middleton Hall. He died,without issue, in 1853. The present Lord Suffieldsays :— I perfectly recollect the animals, with theirears black inside and white outside, and black noses; Iforget the colour of their tails. I find upon inquirythat there were here twenty-two cows of this breed. ACCOUNTS OF TEE GUNTON EEBD. 303 always in the dairy, and, of course, to keep them going,there must have been many more about the Durnford, Bishop of Chichester, who about fiftyyears since was tutor to the elder brothers of thepresent peer (one of them being Edward Vernon, fourthlord), informs me that he perfectly remembers theherd of cattle at Gunton. They were white, with darkbrown ears and muzzle, and, I think, tail—that is, tip ofthe tail; without horns, and large and finely made Suflield always told me that they came fromLancashire ; they must have been brought to Guntonby the first Lord Suflield, and from Gunton to Blicklingby the second lord, he having married the heiress ofBlickling. The Gunton herd were not fierce or wild,but tractable, and milked regularly; indeed, there wereno other cows in use. The above accounts are quite confirmed by the Bev.
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