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always in the dairy, and, of course, to keep them going, 

 there must have been many more about the place." 

 Dr. Durnford, Bishop of Chichester, who about fifty 

 years since was tutor to the elder brothers of the 

 present peer (one of them being Edward Vernon, fourth 

 lord), informs me that he " perfectly remembers the 

 herd of cattle at Gunton. They were white, with dark 

 brown ears and muzzle, and, I think, tail — that is, tip of 

 the tail ; without horns, and large and finely made beasts. 

 Lord Suflield always told me that they came from 

 Lancashire ; they must have been brought to Gunton 

 by the first Lord Suflield, and from Gunton to Blickling 

 by the second lord, he having married the heiress of 

 Blickling. The Gunton herd were not fierce or wild, 

 but tractable, and milked regularly ; indeed, there were 

 no other cows in use." 



The above accounts are quite confirmed by the Hon. 

 and Bev. John Harbord, brother of the present lord, 

 and by the Dowager Lady Suflield, their mother, the 

 latter of whom has a vivid recollection of the herd as it 

 existed in the time of her husband, the third lord. 



The small discrepancy with regard to the colour of 

 the ears — whether they were black or dark brown — is 

 perfectly accounted for by the fact that most wild herds 

 are subject to variation in this respect; and it will be 

 seen, as we proceed, that this was the case with the 

 Gunton herd and its descendants. This appears, indeed, 

 from the following statement (procured for me by the 

 Bev. George Gilbert), made in his own handwriting by 

 Mr. Timothy Coleman, veterinary surgeon, who lived 

 for many years at Antingham, close by Gunton Bark : — 

 " The colour of this breed was white, with black ears, 

 and some had dark brown ; nose black, no horns, very 



