which a filtering apparatus is in course of erection. The large lake of sixty-three acres, much frequented 

 by many descriptions of water-fowl, spreads out before the Dairy, and contributes materially to the 

 picturesque beauty of the scene. Many other objects of special interest — works of art, fringed with the 

 rich combination of tree and flower; improvements well conceived and ably executed, wherever required, 

 meet the eye in every direction ; and in prominent positions, raised by so many generations of the 

 patriotic Howards, inscribed and stately monuments commemorate the deeds of Marlborough, Nelson, and 

 Wellington. On the western face of one of these monuments — the Obelisk — that stands in the centre of 

 the splendid avenues of lime-trees, is the following characteristic and time-honoured inscription : — 



" Charles, the third Earl of Carlisle, of the family of Howards, erected a Castle where the 

 old Castle of Hinderskelf stood, and called it Castle-Howard. He likewise made the 

 plantations in this Park, and all the outworks, monuments, and other plantations belonging 

 to the said seat. 



"He began these works in the year 1702, and set up this inscription: 



ANNO DOMINI MDCCXXXL" 



