236 WILD WHITE CATTLE. 
close of the last century there was a herd of white 
wild cattle here, the property of the Duke of Queens- 
berry. Its origin is unknown, but it appears to have 
been of some antiquity. Pennant (who went to see 
these cattle) and Bewick, who has noticed them, 
describe them as white with black ears. According 
to Mr. Hindmarsh, who derived his information from 
the clergyman of the place, “they were driven away 
about 1780” by the fourth and last Duke of Queens- 
berry. Other writers besides those named have 
identified the animals in this herd with “the wild 
Caledonian cattle.” 
EWELME PARK, OX¥FoRDSHIRE, formerly belonging 
to the De la Poles, Dukes of Suffolk, once contained 
a herd of wild cattle. In 1536 Edward Ashfield was 
appointed by Henry VIII. ‘keeper of the Park of 
Ewelme and master of the wild beasts there. In 
1606 Lord William Knollys was keeper of the park 
and master of the wild beasts in the same” for 
James I. That the term of “wild beasts” referred 
to wild cattle, and not to any of the other wild 
animals which James I. delighteth to keep, is shown 
by a reference to the hay which was provided for 
them, which occurs in the conveyance of the park by 
Charles I. to Sir Christopher Nevil and Sir Edmund 
Sawyer in 1627.* : 
GISBURNE PARK, YORKSHIRE, the seat of Lord 
Ribblesdale, is situated in the district of Craven, in 
the West Riding. It once formed part of Gisburne 
* Napier’s “Historical Notices of Swyncombe and Ewelme,” 1838, 
pp. 204, 207, 212, 217; Shirley, “ Engiish Deer Parks,” p. 137. 
