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turkeys. 



At Corby Castle — that Corby whose atoning 

 charms David Hume recorded in the following 

 verse, scratched on the window of a Carlisle 

 inn : 



Here chicks in eggs for breakfast sprawl, 

 Here godless boys God's glories squall, 

 ^ Here Scotchmen's heads do guard the wall, 

 But Corby's walks atone for all. 



— at Corby, onaslopeabovethecastle,isadove- 

 cote which, although the lover of these build- 

 ings may regard it with some satisfaction as a 

 curiosity, is not one such as he would care to 

 meet too often in his pilgrimage. It is a highly 

 ornate structure in the form of a Doric temple, 

 a little over twenty feet square, and having its 

 front elevation adorned by a porch — which leads 

 tonothing, the entrance beingatthe back. The 

 desire for appearances hasovercome theregard 

 for utility in another detail; for, about ten feet 

 above the ground, a ledge runs round three 

 sides, presumably intendedas a perching-place 

 and lounge for the birds — a use to which they 

 were effectually prevented from putting it by 

 its being steeply chamfered to a slope. 



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