y-four cows in
milk, but the number usually averages about fifty.

The recesses in the dairy walls are filled with lovely old Crown Derby
and Worcester, together with a few Oriental china plates and dishes.
There is also a dish bearing the inscription, "Chamberlain, Worcester,
Manufacturer to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent." Close to the
dairy, stands an apartment devoted to churns and huge milk-cans. Each
milk-can bears the following inscription on the top:--

[Illustration: V.R. Home Park, Windsor.]

After exhausting the wonders of the Royal dairy, we pass out into the
sunshine once more, but, before leaving the shrubbery, notice two little
monuments to the memory of long-deceased favourites, the inscriptions on
which are as follows:--

[Illustration]

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| BOY, |
| Died February 20, 1862, |
| Aged five years. |
| The favourite and faithful dog of the Queen and Prince Consort. |
| |
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[Illustration]

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| BOZ, |
| |
| The favourite Scottish terrier of the Duchess of Kent, to whom |
| he had been given in 1857 by the Queen and Prince Consort. |
| |
| On March 16, 1861, he was taken back, and from that time till |
| he died, Oct. 26, 1864, remained the faithful dog of the |
| Queen. |
| |
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Surely, two touching and blameless little records!

Leaving these pets to their well-earned rest, we walk along the
trimly-kept private road leading to the Royal kennels. Here, when Her
Majesty drives along, she can see the Spanish oxen and other pets as they
c