Lyme Park. 7 



"limes'" limits, or extreme frontier Disley being on 

 the very margin of the county. 



The green expanses of the Park, though they partake 

 of the loneliness of the neighbouring moors, are pleasant 

 at every season of the year. As we traverse them, east- 

 wards the eye reposes on Marple church, and the round 

 hills that shelter Strines ; south-west, the great plain 

 that stretches to Bowdon and Knutsford lies at our 

 feet like a tinted map. The square, gray, tower-like 

 building that rises near the road, midway between Dis- 

 ley and the Hall, constitutes the well-known landmark 

 called LYME CAGE, and appears to have been originally 

 intended for the use of the huntsmen, Lyme having been 

 famous as a chase from time immemorial, and noted, 

 moreover, for the excellent quality of its venison. Lyme 

 also is one of the few remaining places where the ori- 

 ginal wild cattle of the country are still preserved. A 

 few years ago, at certain times, these interesting crea- 

 tures, chiefly white, with red ears, might be seen upon 

 the hill above the ravine, to the number of about a 

 dozen. 



Going' to the front of the Hall, charming views are 

 again obtained. The hills are dotted with trees in a 

 way to inspire a Linnell, and upon the right is an 

 avenue of at least seventy limes. 



If, upon arrival at Disley, (the old church of which, 

 by the way, contains many objects of interest to the 



