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with them, and after 's miserable travesties 



of your drawings, these look perfect. 



' Believe me, yours very truly, 



' Lilfoed.' 



To Mr. Cullingford. 1 



« Lilford : August 8, 1888. 



' I received your letter, and the stuffed birds 

 arrived safely this afternoon. I am very much 

 pleased with them all, and you have been 

 wonderfully successful with the re-stuffing of 

 the old ones. ... I do not think that better 

 specimens of stuffing and mounting from skins 

 can be seen than your Spotted Eagle and the 

 Harriers.' 



To F. D. Drewitt. 



' Lilford : October 14, 1888. 



'I have seen but few of the continental 

 zoological gardens, but am well aware that ours 

 are in comparison very defective in arrangement 



1 My brother towards the end of his life had the pleasure of 

 seeing a large number of his bird skins, which had been badly 

 stuffed, admirably re-arranged and set up by Cullingford, the 

 taxidermist, of Durham. Mr. Cullingford writes of my brother, ' I 

 received the utmost kindness from his Lordship ; his memory will 

 always be dear to me.' 



