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took place about that time (temp. Hen. III.), and 

 that the cattle were then driven in, just as they were 

 at Hamilton, Drumlanrig, and Naworth, all of which 

 herds, together with that at Chillingham, were pro- 

 bably detachments from the main body of wild 



WILD BULL OF C1IILLIXGIIAM.* 



cattle which formerly roamed the Caledonian Wood. 

 Mr. Storer says : 



" Whatever may be the age of the park, that, I 

 imagine, indicates also the time when the wild cattle 

 were first confined within its boundaries, for no 

 record of their introduction exists. I suppose that 

 they, previously wild denizens of the surrounding 



* For these two illustrations from Mr. Storer's \vc.rk \v- 

 to the courtesy of Messrs. Cassell, Fetter and Galpin. The horns of the 

 Lymc Park herd are of an intermediate character lift \\fi-n these two. 



