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concerned. This grand picture depicts the dead bull, 

 Lord Ossulston, the old keeper Cole, a pony, and the 

 good dog " Bran " standing by, all of them the size 

 of life. I give the narrative as it has been supplied to 

 me by Lord Tankerville himself: — 



" ' The Death of the Bull,' by Landseer, represents 

 the bull that tossed the keeper (Barnes), and also the 

 favourite deer-hound, Bran, that held the bull at bay 

 and saved his life. "We used in those days to single 

 the bulls out of the herd to shoot them — a dangerous 

 amusement — instead of quietly stalking them. The 

 lower part of the park, which is now separated from 

 the portion above where the deer and cattle go, was at 

 that time kept for hay, and pastured afterwards by these 

 animals, which only fed there at night, and retired to 

 their own haunts in the upper part of the park at day- 

 light. When a bull was to be killed, one of the keepers 

 watched the gates, and when the main herd had passed 

 he shut in the bull alone, or a small portion of the herd 

 with him, in the lower park, where the plains were more 

 suitable for galloping. On this occasion the bull was 

 not to be foiled in this manner ; he charged the fence, 

 and, smashing it, nearly got through, when he was con- 

 fronted by the man and his dog. It appears that the 

 man was either too bold or not active enough, for, on 

 advancing a few yards from the fence, he could not 

 regain it before the bull picked him up. We were at 

 breakfast, when we were alarmed by seeing Cole, the 

 head keeper, running across the lawn ; rushing into the 

 hall, he begged us to come to the man's assistance, as 

 he was being tossed by the bull. I had to put down 

 my rifle, which I had seized, as my father (remembering 

 the escape I had previously had) would not otherwise 



