. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . l air; and, as though such imprisonment were insufficient,there is a longitudinal descendable curtain as well, passing downbetween the divided mattress, thereby creating two cubicles:surely the happy thought of some sorely tried Mr.—why notMrs. ? — Caudle. Before quitting the Hall acknowledgment is due to a schol-arly guide-book by Canon Meyrick, which has been drawn uponin this article. Visitors are fortunate if they may be able to pro-cure a copy in advance, before they go the round of the rooms onthat particular week-day throughout th
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . l air; and, as though such imprisonment were insufficient,there is a longitudinal descendable curtain as well, passing downbetween the divided mattress, thereby creating two cubicles:surely the happy thought of some sorely tried Mr.—why notMrs. ? — Caudle. Before quitting the Hall acknowledgment is due to a schol-arly guide-book by Canon Meyrick, which has been drawn uponin this article. Visitors are fortunate if they may be able to pro-cure a copy in advance, before they go the round of the rooms onthat particular week-day throughout the summer when the houseis courteously thrown open to their inspection. On our way up to the church we can get through the left-hand block of offices into the dairy-yard, in order to see a herd ofwhite polled cattle to be found there at milking-time. They aresome of the last lingering descendants of what is said to be aunique breed of the wild cattle of Britain, and are characterisedby black muzzles, ears, and hoofs, short legs, straight backs ; the. 27 28 BlichUno Iball skulls also are different in some respects from those of domesticbreeds. The cows are said to be bad milkers ; but that is of littleconsequence, as when grazing together among the trees in thepark they look picturesque enough to make up for all shortcom-ings. The previous lord of the herd was a high-spirited, not tosay savage animal, worthy of his illustrious ancestry, with amatter-of-fact way of doing business — promptly knocking any
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