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CHAPTEE VI 



Lord Lilford's Notes on his Aviaries at Lilford Fragment of 

 unpublished Article Lepus Lilfordi Finis. 



ON special days during the summer months 

 the grounds at Lilford were thrown open to 

 visitors from the neighbouring towns. The 

 day's outing was most popular, and streams of 

 excursionists from Northampton, Peterborough, 

 and other smaller towns, added to their know- 

 ledge of the feathered world by the inspection of 

 the aviaries at Lilford. On these occasions, in 

 spite of my brother's politics, which were suffi- 

 ciently indicated by his playful signature of 

 ' yours Torily ' in letters to intimate friends, 

 a Northampton cobbler from a Kadical club had 

 as good a chance of a ticket of admission as any 

 workman of Conservative views. It is pleasant 

 to add that the privilege was never abused, by 

 either Kadical or Tory. 



The following notes were written by my 



