76 VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LAKELAND 



Bain prints, as an abstract of an old grant, the following 

 passage : ' The K. allows Andrew de Harcla, earl of Carlisle, to 

 take 6 wild cattle and 6 deer in Englewood Forest.' 1 But a 

 correct translation of the original, which I owe to Mr. J. P. Hore's 

 great kindness, proves that the Wild Cattle of Mr. Bain derived 

 their supposed existence from the lively fancy of a copyist. The 

 translation is the following : ' The King to the Keeper of our 

 forest on this side of the Trent, or to his lieutenant in our forest 

 of Inglewood — greeting. We command you to permit our dear 

 and faithful Andrew de Harcla, Earl of Carlisle, or his people in 

 his name, to take and have six bucks and six does in our said 

 forest of Inglewood of our gift. Given at Newcastle upon 

 Tyne the 19th day of September [1322]. By the King 

 himself.' 



It is melancholy to reflect that, as Edward II. executed Sir 

 Andrew early in the following year, these bucks and does must 

 have been the last which the gallant Earl hunted in Inglewood. 



Order RODENT I A. Fam. SCIUPIDjE. 



SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus vulgaris, L. 



It is difficult to conjecture with any degree of nicety the 

 period at which the Squirrel first colonised our forests. The 

 Rev. T. Lees reminds me that this animal is represented on 

 the Bewcastle Cross, but it would be unsafe to hazard a positive 

 opinion upon such slender evidence. Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown 

 is disposed to infer that it has long been known among us, from 

 its occasional appearance in the armorial bearings of county 

 families : ' The family of Hasell of Dalmain bears three hazell 

 slips ; crest, a squirrel feeding on a hazel nut. The family of 

 Mounsey of Castletown bears a Squirrel.' 2 



In an able paper on this species, Mr. George Tait, F.G.S., 

 offers the following remarks : ' Whether squirrels are indigenous 



1 Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, vol. iii. p. 145. 



2 Proc. lioyal Phys. Soc, vi. 35. 



