232 WILD WHITE CATILE, 
of the different colour of the ears, which are black 
instead of red—are very unlike those at Chillingham.* 
They are, in fact, “long-horns.” Nor are they so 
wild as the Northumberland herd. Mr. Storer has 
suggested that this is probably owing to the circum- 
stance that the park is bounded on one side by a 
public road, from which it is only separated by a 
paled fence, which is not the case at Chillingham, so 
that they are at Chartley much more habituated to 
the sight of man. 
* CHILLINGHAM CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND, the 
seat of the Earl of Tankerville, has been oftener 
visited, and oftener written about, than any other 
park containing wild cattle, and is, therefore, better 
known to the reading public. Of the date of the 
inclosure of this park (originally 1500 acres; now, 
exclusive of woods, about 1100) no record has been 
found ; but there is evidence of its existence in 1292,+ 
and ‘a park with wild animals” is referred to in an 
inquisition 42 Edward III., as “of no value beyond 
the maintenance of the wild animals.” The “great 
wood” of Chillingham is referred to in a document of 
1220.{ Mr. Darwin seems to have thought that this 
referred to the park, since he regards the date above 
mentioned as that ofits inclosure.§ This, however, is 
not proved by the document in question. At the 
same time it is not at all unlikely that the inclosure — 
* See Plot, “Nat. Hist. Staffordshire,” 1686, pl. 5; and Shaw 
“* Hist. and Antiq. Stafford,” 1798. 
+ See Tate’s “ History of Alnwick,” vol. i. p. 94. 
}{ Hindmarsh, “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” vol. ii. p. 274. 
§ “ Animals and Plants under Domestication,” vol. 1. p. 81. 
