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o'clock on an exceptionally fine morning. We crossed over 

 the railway bridge, whose five arches are loo feet in height 

 and 80 feet span, and stayed a few minutes to enjoy the 

 beautiful views up and down the river Eden with its thickly- 

 wooded banks. Passing through the village of Great Corby, 

 one of our young friends took a photograph of the unique 

 blacksmith's shop. We then entered the lodge gate of the 

 Corby Castle grounds. The Castle stands on the edge of a 

 cliff overlooking the river, and is a plain square mansion of 

 modern appearance built of red freestone. A parapet round 

 the house is surmounted with lions, the family crest of the 

 Howards. The estate was bought from the Salkelds by the 

 famous Belted Will of Naworth, 1 563-1 639, from one of whose 

 younger sons the present owners are descended. 



The beautiful scenery of the woodland glades afforded much 

 pleasure to everyone as we traversed the cool and shady 

 walks. There were a great variety of trees noticed, many of 

 them of ancient and almost gigantic growth ; among them 

 were beech, oak, ash, elm, lime, chesnut, horse-chesnut, 

 sycamore, service tree, hornbeam, birch, black and white 

 poplar, and of conifers, Scotch fir, silver fir, spruce fir, yew, 

 and larch. It was impossible to walk underneath the lime 

 trees in particular without stopping to admire their glorious 

 foliage and wealth of scented bloom. Through them we now 

 and then obtained a peep of the river, as it flowed Over its 

 rocky bed, impetuous, muddy, and swollen by recent heavy 

 rains. In passing an old oak, much decayed, lying near the 

 river-side, one at once wondered if its life had reached the 

 term of years sung by the poet Dryden — 



" Three centuries he grows ; and three he stays 

 Supreme in state ; and in three more decays." 



We had a peep at the fish-locks, which, however, contained 

 no spoil. As we walked on through the grounds we found 

 placed at various points of vantage a statue of St. Constantine, 

 another in the attire of a Grecian warrior (of this a photograph 

 was taken), a dilapidated temple containing stone figures of 



