Eaton Park
1891.
June 26
England.
Chester. - Early morning sunny; middle of day cloudy and 
threatening; light showers in late afternoon with fitfull
gusts of wind. A clear sunset.
  To Eaton park by cab at 2 P.M., Mr Newstead with me.
The avenue from the lodge gate to the Hall is said to be 
nearly 3 miles in length. It winds slightly and is
a broad, smooth, hard road bordered by shrubbery, beds
of flowers, lawns, and extensive woods, the last dense
and natural-looking with thick undergrowth. The most
numerous and characteristic threes were English oaks,
lindens, sycamore maples, English elms, witch elms,
and Scotch pines with a mixture of hawthorn and
mountain ash.
  Soon after entering the park we began to see Rabbits
scattered about singly and in little groups on the
lawns near the wood edges into which they scampered
as we advanced for, contrary to my preconceived
impressions, they are very shy. I was also surprised
at their close resemblance to our Lepus sylvaticus.
They are of about the same color, their ears do not
appear much longer, and they run in the same
manner and quite as swiftly their white-hind
tails flashing at each bound. Most of those that
we saw were young about two-thirds grown and
of about the same size as a full-grown L. sylvaticus.
The old rabbits were somewhat larger. They have
a habit of sitting erect on their hind legs when
they are on the watch for danger.
  Soon after passing the second or inner gate
we saw three Pheasants, all males, feeding in
the middle of a lawn. They looked nearly