26 MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK. 



Consett. Esq., accompanied by Sir G. H. Liddell, 

 was illustrated with engravings by Beilby and Be- 

 wick, the latter executing all those relating to natu- 

 ral history, particularly the rein-deer and their Lap- 

 land keepers, brought over by Sir H. Liddell, whom 

 he had thus the unexpected opportunity of delineat- 

 ing from the life. During this interval, he also drew 

 and engraved on copper, at the expense of their re- 

 spective proprietors, " The Whitley large Ox," be- 

 longing to Mr Edward Hall, the four quarters of 

 which weighed 187 stone; and "The remarkable 

 Kyloe Ox," bred in Mull by Donald Campbell, Esq. 

 and fed by Mr Robert Spearman of Rothley Park, 

 Northumberland. This latter is a veiy curious spe- 

 cimen of copper- plate engraving, combining the styles 

 of wood and copper, particularly in the minute man- 

 ner in which the verdure is executed. 



At length appeared " The General History of 

 Quadrupeds," a work uncommonly well received by 

 the public, and ever since held in increased estima- 

 tion. Perhaps there never was a work to which the 

 rising generation of the day was, and no doubt that 

 for many years to come will be, under such obliga- 

 tions, for exciting in them a taste for the natural 

 history of animals. The representations which are 

 given of the various tribes, possess a boldness of de- 



