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took place about that time (temp. Hen. Ill), and 

 that the cattle were then driven in, just as they were 

 at Hamilton, Drumlanrig, and Naworth, all of wliicli 

 herds, together with that at Chillingham, were pro- 

 bably detachments from tlie main body of wild 



MILD DILL 01 ClULII\On\M 



■cattle which formerly roamed the Caledonian Wood. 

 Mr. Storer says : 



" Whatever may l)e the age of the park, that, I 

 imagine, indicates also the time when the wild cattle 

 were first confined within its boundaries, for no 

 record of their introduction exists. I suppose that 

 they, previously wild denizens of tlie surrounding 



* For these two illustrations from Mr. Storer's w(nk we are indebted 

 .to the courtesy of Messrs. Cassell, Petter and Galpin. The horns of the 

 Lyme Park herd are of an intermediate character between these two. 



