June 26 Chester
  Early morning sunny; middle of
day cloudy & threatening; light showers
in late afternoon; cloudless at
sunset and perfectly still but the
distant landscape shrouded in mist as
usual.
  Spent the forenoon shopping. At
2 P.M. started for Eaton Hall, the
Duke of Westminster's estate, in
company with Mr. Newstead in a
four wheeled cab. The main drive
is said to be 3 miles in length
from the lodge gate to the hall.
It is nearly straight & very beautiful.
Birds very numerous the entire distance [.]
The lawns alive with rabbits. Near
the hall we passed thro' a second
gate & at once began to see Pheasants
and Fallow Deer, the latter in herds of
10 to 30 or 40, feeding entirely unrestrained
on the lawns. Alighted from the
cab in front of the Hall and walked
around the walled garden