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front of ns there rose, some three miles distant, the 

 southern boundary of Glendale, Chillingham Park, 

 " terrace upon terrace, with the white dots not far 

 below the sky-line which told of its famous cattle." 



From this point the road rapidly descends into the 

 valley, and we soon passed through the village of 

 Chatton, formerly celebrated for its royal residence and 

 demesne, where Edward I., while prosecuting his designs 

 with regard to Scotland, often stayed, and passed much of 

 his time in hunting; possibly in hunting; the ancestors of 

 those very wild cattle which now graze on Chillingham's 

 opposite hill. The two properties are contiguous, and 

 Chatton, formerly a demesne of the De Vescies', now 

 belongs to the Percies. Two miles further brought us 

 to Chillingham ; but first we crossed the historic river 

 Till, here only a mountain stream, but which, a few 

 miles lower down the valley, after receiving numerous 

 tributaries, arrives at Wooler, where Surrey stayed on 

 the eve of Flodden ; and a little further on at the field 

 of Flodden, where it separated the English and Scottish 

 armies on that eventful morning, when 



" From Flodden ridge 

 The Scots beheld the English host 

 Leave Barniore Wood, their evening post, 

 And heedful watched them as they crossed 

 The Till by Twisel Bridge." 



A little further brought us to Chillingham Castle, 

 a grand baronial residence, square, and with four mas- 

 sive towers, one at each angle of the building, and 

 enclosing a courtyard within it. The outer walls are 

 of immense thickness and of great antiquity. The 

 character of the whole structure is ancient ; for though 

 it has received slight alterations in each successive age, 



