168 WILD WHITE CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



clear report of the rifle rang through the park, and 

 was heard in the neighbourhood of the Castle, where 

 many of the visitors were watching, with the aid of 

 glasses, in the direction the sportsmen had pursued, 

 the concussion telling that the objects of their search 

 had been arrived at. The frightened animals of 

 various kinds which were quietly browsing or resting 

 near, fled terrified in all directions. The cattle seemed 

 in great bewilderment, and trotted off to some distance, 

 apparently amazed that then* monarch did not join 

 them. A couple of red deer, in the greatest alarm, 

 flew to the head of Eosscastle, where they stood for 

 some time upon the very peak of the eminence, their 

 dark profiles showing out clear and distinct against the 

 bright blue sky of that beautiful sunny day. 



. In the afternoon the body of the animal was brought 

 down to the Castle and inspected by the visitors. At 

 the special request of the Prince, the carcase, weighing 

 about sixty stones, was given to the poor of the neigh- 

 bourhood, and the grand head, bearing a pair of mag- 

 nificent horns, together with the neck as far as the 

 shoulder — also the remainder of the skin, and the hoofs, 

 each separately — were preserved in superb style by 

 Mr. Edwin Ward, F.Z.S., of Wigmore Street, London, 

 in order to adorn their Royal Highnesses' residence at 

 Sandringham. These I saw at the time at Mr. Ward's, 

 and shall subsequently allude to. Of the stuffed head 

 I am enabled to give a representation. 



Something less than ten months after this, as I was 

 myself unable to do so, my friends, Mr. Chandos-Pole- 

 Grell, Mr. Booth of Warlaby, and Mr. John Thornton, 

 the celebrated Short-horn auctioneer, in company with 

 Mr. Jacob Wilson, Lord Tanker ville's agent, all men 



