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well arranged, with all necessary conveniences. It was stated 
that the cost of a double cottage of this kind was about £420. 
Just under the wall of the old refectory, shaded by the spreading 
branches of an old walnut tree, it may not be uninteresting to 
mention, is the grave of the Duke of Wellington’s last charger, a 
son of the famous “ Copenhagen,” which he rode at Waterloo. It 
was presented by the son of the Iron Duke to one of the Salisbury 
family in 1852, and the steed dying in 1861, it was buried here. 
HatFIeELD DoMAIN. 
It being explained that the whole of the estate was open to the 
company for their inspection, they at once proceeded with the work. 
The home park of Hatfield is about 1500 acres in extent, 
with 3000 acres of woods beyond it. The park is beauti- 
fully timbered, and is studded with many very fine trees. The oaks 
especially, of which the illustration shows one of the finest of the 
OLD OAK. 
ancient trees still standing in the Town-bottom Wood, grow well in 
the clayey soil, and many of the trees are of considerable antiquity. 
The oak woods are magnificent, and the whole of the woodlands 
are managed on an admirable system which gives the best returns. 
All over this splendid domain there are evidences that the Marquis 
of Salisbury is as good a forester as he is a statesman, and that he 
not only takes the keenest personal interest in the management of 
this fine estate, but has people under him who can carry out his 
enlightened views in an able and satisfactory manner. 
