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parcels of wood which are to be sold by 

 auction on the spot. 



The show was of the usual character of 

 that sort of thing ; what pleased me most 

 were the little black Kerry cows, which were 

 not much larger than . Du Maurier's St. 

 Bernard dog, they should have had red halters 

 instead of white, to have set them off properly. 

 The riding and jumping competitions were 

 very exciting, one cannot help feeling proud 

 of a country that produces the plucky young 

 centaurs who take these jumps, over a stiff 

 hedge with a broad piece of water beyond it, 

 and who remount again and again after failures 

 until they succeed. There was a lady 

 amongst them who jumped everything in the 

 boldest way. There were a great number of 

 shire stallions exhibited, to say nothing of 

 bulls and rams, and as these animals were on 

 the field for a considerable time, I shall be 

 curious to see if any mushrooms appear this 

 autumn. 



The weather this year seems to be making 



