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in White," three years old. She and Mr. Fawkes' 

 " Lord Cobham " should be shown together. I doubt 

 if a better mated pair could be found in England. 

 There was a large number of cows feeding in the park 

 which would command admiration at any exhibition of 

 stock. Lord Faversham's famous " Skyrocket " ended 

 his days with much eclat. When getting into years, 

 and into monstrous obesity, he was presented as a 

 contribution to the Lancashire Distress Fund. Before 

 passing into the butcher's hands, he was exhibited in 

 Leeds, and realised about 200 as a show. Thus as a 

 curiosity first, and as a small mountain of fat beef 

 afterward, he proved a generous gift to the suffering 

 operatives in the manufacturing districts. 



Passing through the park gate, we entered upon a 

 lawn esplanade looking down upon the ruins of 

 Rievaulx Abbey. This broad terrace extended for 

 apparently a half of a mile, and was as finely carpeted 

 piece of ground as you will find in England. No hair 

 of horse or dog groomed or brushed with the nicest care, 

 and soft and shining with the healthiest vitality, could 

 surpass in delicacy and life of surface the grass coverlet 

 of this long terrace, from which you looked down upon 

 that grand monument of twelfth- century architecture 

 half veiled among the trees of the glen. This was one 

 of the oldest abbeys in the north of England, and the 



