2CXD ECHOES OF OLD COUNTY LIFE. 



suite and by the principal managers of the show, chief 

 amongst whom was the Baron Schwarz Senborn, a most 

 courteous gentleman, with a cheerful manner, which 

 won the good opinion of all with whom he was brought 

 in contact. I had the honour of being introduced to 

 the Emperor, who was very anxious to see the English 

 animals, especially the shorthorns. Surrounded by the 

 Court, he first passed through the sheep department, 

 and was much pleased with Mr. Russell's and Mr. 

 Budding's Longwools, and Lords Walsingham's and 

 Sondes' Southdowns, but was chiefly struck with the 

 beauty of Lord Chesham's Shropshires, which he 

 examined carefully and declared his admiration of. 

 On arriving at the shorthorns he expressed astonish- 

 ment at the size and character of my bull "Royal 

 Geneva," and asked to see him led out for inspection ; 

 he said he was not surprised at the renown the English 

 shorthorns had attained, when he saw the specimens 

 England had sent to the Exhibition. His uncle, the 

 Archduke Albrecht, who himself is a great breeder of 

 shorthorns, also declared himself greatly pleased with 

 my bull, which eventually obtained the first prize. My 

 man in charge was much elated by the success, in which 

 he claimed to share, and boasts, even now, that " he is the 

 only man in England who ever led out a bull for an 

 Emperor to look at." 



I was struck with the picturesque costumes of the 

 men and women in charge of the cattle. Here were 

 Tyrolese peasants in gay costumes, bright ribbons in 

 their hats, in velvet jackets richly embroidered ; their 

 women in short white petticoats, scarlet or black velvet 



