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land cattle. In the centre of these creatures, which 

 were scattered feeding over many acres of ground, was 

 a herd of fourteen yaks. One white-and-gray bull, 

 whose coat touched the ground, led the herd. The 

 rest were black-and-white, cows and calves mingled, 

 feeding or sleeping under the chestnut-trees. 



The creatures which roam absolutely free in this 

 great park represent those in the final or perfect state 

 in this animal paradise. But, like the souls in Virgil's 

 land of the just, these happy creatures pass through 

 various stages of probation. Some never reach the 

 stage of complete liberty, or are physically unsuited 

 for complete surrender to outdoor life in England. 

 Many spend part of their time in wide enclosed 

 paddocks contained in the park itself, and are pro- 

 moted later to wander free and unrestrained. 



' Exinde per amplum 

 Mittimur Elysium et pauci laeta arva tenemus/ 



might be the motto of these c dwellers on the threshold/ 

 Life in these paddocks is, in its turn, intermediate 

 between freedom in the open park and the confinement 

 of smaller enclosures, which reproduce on a very ample 

 scale the features of an ideal 'Zoo.' One of these 

 enclosures is a warm walled meadow, with a few old 

 apple-trees in it, such as often lies adjacent to a farm. 

 It was a kind of annexe to the home farm buildings. 

 In it are pools for wild fowl, while rows of farm 



