PREFACE. xiii 



The text of the book has been left by me in all 

 respects as Mr. Storer left it, with the sole exception 

 of a few merely verbal corrections. A few notes it 

 seemed well to add are carefully distinguished. In 

 every case I have been most particular to preserve the 

 exact meaning of the author, even to the minutest 

 shade. 



The only other alterations are the omission of 

 Youatt's description of the Chillingham cattle from the 

 account of that herd, and the relegation of the history of 

 Turnbull from the text to an Appendix. These seemed 

 justified, the first by the sufficiency of detail with which 

 the Chillingham herd is already treated; the second 

 by its being largely episodical. For the headings of the 

 chapters I am responsible, with the advice and assist- 

 ance of the publishers ; to whose co-operation, indeed, 

 I am largely indebted in the task of preparing the 

 book for the press. 



It remains only for me to thank, in my father's 

 name — as he would have done, I am sure, far more 

 amply and in detail if he had been living — all those 

 who assisted him in procuring information. These 

 were very numerous, and include persons of almost 

 every rank in life, and of a great variety of occupa- 

 tions. Some — indeed many — were particularly kind, 

 and took very great trouble in helping my father to 

 obtain that large amount of detailed information, with- 

 out which his researches must have been to a great 

 extent without result. 



John Storer. 



