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saw the park-gate, where some horses were 

 standing, which, from the appearance of age, 

 looked as if they had the run of the park 

 in reward of their past services : near them, 

 was an ass and her foal; and the whole 

 made an excellent group, and mixed very 

 happily with the thorns and oaks, and with 

 the old park-pales, that were seen here and 

 there between the trees and the thickets. 



Mr. Seymour thought his two friends 

 stopped to look at this rather longer than 

 was necessary ; so he dragged them on to 

 the gate, and then through it into a piece 

 of fresh pasture, in which, on a rising bit 

 of ground to the right, were a number of 

 very handsome cattle; some standing, 

 others lying down under the shade of a large 

 group of flourishing trees. While they 

 were looking at them, and admiring their 

 high condition, a groom passed through 

 the gate with two very fine horses, which 

 they understood from him, were just going 

 to be turned out for half an hour, and for 



