The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1896, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1896. (o £ THE HOOPA VALLEY INDIANS Hoopa Valley, In *an - Indian ium, is a Government reservation, in which, since 1855, from 400 | 10 600 Indians have lived under the care of | * agents, and gradually added to their in- 1 nt virtues and vices those of our higher Galifornia stands alone in the Union in “ not having recognized the Indian's right . of -occupanicy and given compensation for lapds taken. It was this fact, possibly, and | in order to prevent future encroachments ffom the whites that in 1855 the Govern- ment established a fort in the valley, known as Fort Gaston. Foui"yesrs agd, in response to the appli- | Humboldt County, I the Unitea States, and scattered through- out the State, living by their own efforts, were 11,517 of these former much-despised Digger and other Indians.” The experimental stage of Indian educa- tion in Hoopa Valley is passed, and its isolated native population are demon- strating their manhood and capacity for enlightened citizenship. Their kindness to their dogs and horses makes a society for the suppression of cruelty to animals unnecessary. An oath is never heard on the reservation—not even from the mule drivers—and from **0ld Judie,” the interpreter, who wears +a store hat and greea goggles,’’ to little ' cation of the Women’s Indian Association | Nathaniel, who attends the kindergarten of- Northern California, the soldiers were l removed, and within two yearsthe bar- Facks were turned into an industrial wise and sympathetic teachers. | Lands “in severalty have been given to | the heads of families which they cultivate, | raising wheat, oats and vegetables. Most | of the Indians can speak English, dress | like white people and live in homes which yary-from the rude shack made of cast-off timbers, and whose architecture is closely allied to that of a Chinese fisherman’s hut, | to houses containing floors, partitions and | sometimes cupbeards. A saw and a grist | mill are.situated on the reservation, which | is-reached by a fifty-mile ride over lha‘ mountains from either Afcata or Eureka, | on horseback, on a pack mule or by wagon. Facts do not lie. Says -reliable anthor- .ity: “California Indians have been classed as lowest, mentally, of all American In- . dians; and thought to be hopeless in the _matter 6 attempted -civiiization, but in 1890, while thete were 5064 Indians on res- | ervations, only 175 received rations from A HOTEL FOR ~IN JTOWN “‘J‘\léar thé Banks and ‘.-The recent deatlt of “Miss Chambliss” | Chambliss, for ex- niakes it timely to explain that one of the unique institutions of San Francisco is a | hostelry for dogs. It is centrally located, | - mccessible to all streetcar lines, within a | few minutes’ walk of the leading banks | ;~and commercial houses and only a few blocks from the principal theaters. Terms ‘are'moderate, the cuisine as good as that of any similar ipstitution-in the land -and - the sefvice unsurpassed. “All-this is rather an odd statement to “1hake, but it is a seriqus fact and a most agzreeable oné to many lovers of dogs who 1tyvel with their pets. G W. Brown, the host of the dog hotel and also the well- . known livery stable keeper on Stevenson streei, is rather rhodest concerning his * “care for dogs on.the American plan and dggs‘not like to have it spokenrxof in a facetious manner. *The business was forced mpon me,” he :-gays. “Unless I havea special liking for a pet ‘animal, like my foxhound, for in- stance; I would not give $10 for all the :dogs in Christendom. But my place isso handy to the downtown hotels where dogs are not allowed to be quartered that it soon | erew. to be the yractice of the clerks at the _Palace, Grand, Occidental and other hotels 1o send traveiers who had dogs with them to my livery-stable -on Stevenson street. .At-first I took care of the dogs merely as an accommbodation for actual and pros- pective patrons. I treatsd the pets well, gave them proper food and eare—in -fact I treated them too well, I suppose, for soon 1 was fairly overrun with valuable dogs. “The expense of properly caring for them -was considerable, so much so, in fact,that I finally realized that I must either give up mjy care of these pets or .elsecharge for their maintenance. “To pursue the former course would be to discommode a great many patrons, I t _found. so I established a uniform rateof | “fitty cents a day for the keeping of all | dogs that were bronght to me. It isn't| . *-hardly a dogs’ botel that I keep, though | som# of the funny fellows like to callit | that:, At different times I have had a gobd many dogs, some of them very valu- . able ones, in my keeping, but there are | times again when there are not more than | & couple of dogs around the livery stable. ©ne of these is my own foxhound and the other was until recently the erstwnile | famous Miss Chambliss. “vShe had been with me for much over a year, and as the Police Court decided that -Author Chambliss was not the responsible owner of the dog, there was nothing for me-to do but keep her till sie died on my ‘bands, “She had the best of care. In the basement I have a large box s fitted up purpgsely for the accommodation of my -canipe guests. The place is li:ht, dry, ‘warm, well ventilated and sanitary in -every way. There is always an abundance of'fresh straw and good food. I have the “dogs brought upstairs and washed in * warm water regularly, and I keep a boy whose chief duty it is to take the dogs out for exercise. OI course, dogs that stay with me only for & week or montb, as the case may be, must be kept chained all the time, and to keep these in good condition - they must have their regular daily outing. An old and well-known guest like Miasl THERE IS erties of the neigh- and la~ v his head upon his teacher’s breast in tte gloaming, while she tells him of the | wide, wide world without the valley, there school, manned and womaned by efficient, | is peace. The Indians believe in witcheraft and retain as many superstitions as their pale- faced brothers (some of whom have been to college) paying tribute to the Indian devil from the same mptive precisely that makes the China man placate his joss. The oldest chief in the reservation, the | patriarch, is named Kah-Hah, and is re- puted to be 107 years old. The furrows upon his face are as deep and intelligi~ ble—to the seer—as are the lines which the sea has carved upon the rocks at Monterey. He is tall, “‘straight asan In- dian,” with long gray bhair carefully parted in the middie, a Roman nose and strongly defined features. His costume, when in full dress, is merely a biue flannel shirt, but the dignity with which he as- serts in his only English phrase, **Me old man—Saxon,’” cannot be improved upon. The Hoopa women—as from time imme- morial—are the basket-makers, weaving DOGS Theaters” mple, may be safe- 1y accorded the Jib- borhood — at my own risk, however, as regards the poundkeeper’s fees. On several occasions I had to pay out good dollars for the rescue of Miss Chambliss from the dogcatcher’s clutch- es. I suppose it would have been cheaper, upon the whole, chased a collar in the first place. She came and went as she pleased, and was pretty well known all over the neighboi- hood by the name tiat the boys christenea her with when Chambliss first sent her over here.” It was due to the notoriety which this dog brought to Mr. Brown’s establishment & year or more ago during his suit in the Police Uourt against W. H. Chambliss for the maintenance of this animal that the knowledge of Mr. Brown’s hotel for dogs became public property. And while Mr. Brown candidly admits that a considera- ble business in the line of boarding, lodg- ing and caring for canines has been forced upon him he does not seek fame as the proprietor of a dog hostelry. “‘Some peoplé have thought my charge of $169 for the keep of this dog was ex- travagant,” said he. ‘“They ought to know the real cost of earing for a dog in the way I do. For fooa alone the expense amounts to about 20 cents a day. Every morning I send to the butcher’s and buy meat. Of course, Idon’t get porterhounse steak, but I do get fresh, wholesome meat. Isend to the bakery for bread, and then have a bread and meat stew cooked in the yard. This is the regular fare for all the dogs in my care, unless the owner is will- ing to pay an additional price for a more delicate menu. Leaving out of count the difference between the dog’s and & horse's food, I would much rather care for a horse, even at the same price. You don’t know the amount of watchfulness and care that & good dog requires. A horse bas to be curried every duay, but I would rather curry a horse twice than bathe a dog once. There is carbolic soap to buy. hot water to procure, and usually a most refractory brute to deal with. On an average it takes as long to clean a dog as it does to clean a korse. Then, too, when the -horse is in his stall he is quiet and contented, while every other aog tnat comes to my place spends all of his time that is not taken up in eating in trying to raise the dead with his yelping. ‘‘Some of the dogs that I have to care for have cost me and my men a good deal more than the price paid for their keep. They had a big bioodhound once that was so ferocious that they found it necessary to keep him chained tigbtly in a stall all by himsell. That dog bad an insatiable appe- tite. The regular allowance for another dog amounted to barely an appetizer for him. They doubled his allowance, then they trebled it, and yet he chewed the stalis in pieces and tried to masticate his | them from the sirong roots of certain | grasses and decorating them with the mid- | rids of ferns. Without any machinery | but their deit fingers these patient Pen- | elopes of the jorest produce baskets whose tautness defies time, usage and water leak- age, and the geometric accuracy of the colored designs wrought in them witbout any pattern for a guide is a marvel. Some day the Indian woman will be both poet and painter. The most solemn, grotesque, yet impor- tant, of the festivals of the Hoopas is known as the white-deer dance, which oc- curs every three years, lasis ten days, and is of as much importance to them as a Fourth of July celebration tous. Itisa thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth. The men who work on the farm on week- | days, who race horses or who sing Gospel hymns on Sunday will' paint barbarously on this occasion, deck their heads with woodpeckere’ feathers and load their hali- naked bodies with necklaces of polished shells, shaped like tiny hollow horns, and broad girdles of red, white and black deer- skin. An old chief, while preparing a dancing rattle-stick, expganded to a teacher the ovigin of the great deer dance. His words were as follows: “'Good young man live long time ago. ever swear, never kill, never touch : women. He no die, he go away. He here | | now, we no see him. He say, ‘Have | dance.” Hg God.” g Then, in a low, deprecating voice. he gave in terse terms the equivalent of each | command in the second table of the law if we take “Injun God say no cheat,” as relating to our tenth commandment, and i for me to have taken out alicenseand pur- | | dogs,” said Mr. Brown. “Injun God say no lie,”’ to that of the ninth. NELLIE BLESSING EYSTER. either for that matter, in the stable who had the bravery or the foolhardiness to take that bruté out for a morning consti- tutional. His owner was an English gen- tleman who stopped at the Palace Hotel for nine days. The men at the stable were glad that he did not stay ten days. He brought the dog to the hotel, and was quite pnt out when they informed him that they couid not accommodate his bloedliound in the same caravansary, They sent him over to the Nucleus. ‘“No, we have not. different priced ac- commodations for different breeds of “‘We.are purely democratic in that respect,'"” said Mr! Brown laughingly. “My lady’s' lapdog, be he a fleecy white pcodle with red eyes and blue ribbons, or be he a snarly little Euglish pug, sleeps in the same bed, eats the same food and has the same care be- stowed upon him as the greyhound, the setter or the meanest mongrel that shoutd be brought to my door by a responsible person. But, as I have told you, my busi- ness is that of a liveryman, and I woula be glad enough never to have a dog about the place if I could see my way clear to do so.” It is the proximity of the Nucleus sta- bles to the Palace and other hotels, as well as Mr. Brown’s genial disposition and kindly treatment of all dumb animals intrusted to his care, that has made his place famous as a boarding-house or hotel for dogs. Itisrun strictly on the Ameri- can plan, and while all the necessary com- forts are provided for canine guests there are certain privileges not ac- corded them. For instance, canine guests are not permitted the privi- lege of a latchkey. Lights are not allowed in vprivate rooms after dusk. Guests may not receive callers unless the same are brought there and vouchsafed for by some member of the family. There are no electrie lights, no speakiug-tubes or electric bells, and meals may not be or- dered at any or all hours. Messenger-boys and cabs are not to be secured by card. There are no privileges of the bar, ana guests are not permitted the luxury of a fire in their room nor the privilege of blowing ount the gas. To offset some of these seeming disadvantages are certain rules and regulations which place guests of the Nucleus canine hostelry in rather an enviable position as compared with guests at many of the fashionable caravan- saries for the human animal. One of these is that guests are notexpected to report any inattention or rudeness on the part of the waiters or attaches of the house to the management. Another is that tip- chain, There wasn’t a boy, or & man | ping is positively prohibited. | IGNOBLE ORDFR OF EGLAMPUS VITUS Not a New Story, but Good The recent case of hazing at West Point and the revelations concerning that acad- emy made in Tue BUNDAY CALL 2 few weeks ago havé recalled to the minds of the old settlers and residents of Siskiyou County the days when there were similar occurrences in this county. These were the days of the **Order of Eclampus Vitus” —the salad days of Yreka. The story has been told before. It is part of the history of Siskiyou County. Yet the younger generation knows it not. Their elders will appreciate itsrecital now, Iam assured, There lived a merchant in Yreka. He sold dry goods and clothing. His name was Jacob Ehrenbacher, but tley called him “Steamboat Jake." 1t was in the palmy days of Yreka,in the year 1836, that Mr. Bhrenbactier felt his heart drawn toward the noble princi- ples of Oda Fellowship, and sought to unite himself with that order. Hisactions in the matter led those to whom heap- plied to believe that he wanted to join for the purpose of becoming sick, apparently 80, and enjoying the benefits deyol¢ing upon one in that condition. Itwas re- solved to punish him and give him such an idea of secrét societies as would banish from his mind all thought of joining one in the foture. . There was at that time this lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Order of Eclampus Vitus, an order that existed simply and solely for the sport that could be had in initiating novices into its mys- teries. The ceremonies were the most ludicrous and awe-inspiring that the fer- tile brain of man could conceive. Iutothe order three practical jokersof the town— Pembroke Murray, George W. Stilts and Wiley Fox—proposed to induct the in- quisitive merchant. They represented to him that for the modestsum of $50 he could join the Odd Fellows, Masons and “Eclampus Vitus,” and took his applica- tion and cash, having a royal good time with the latter. The most appalling ceremonies of the Eclampus Vitus, as well as all the means Lthey cowd devise by which a man could John Sawyer, grave-digger, busily en- gaged at his trade down one of the by- paths of the Laurel Hill Cemetery yester- day, looked up from his work at the ques- tion of his visitor and said: “Yes; I notice that it is reported from England that some movement is on foot to provide against burying people who are not dead.” A He struek his short pick into the earth once cr twice and then shoveled out upon the pile at the side of the grave the loose sand that had fallen under the blo¥s. = “It is a proper precautien,” he said, ““for it is true that no more horrible expe- rience may be imagined than that of being buried alive. “It is not for me to say thatsuch a thing never happened. I can say, however, that in an experience of twenty years in a graveyard I have never come across a sin- gle instance where there were any indica- tions of life having returned to a person buried. else but taking up the bodies from graves where they i:ad lain for different periods of ‘time extendin: from five to twenty- seven years. It was the oceasion of the clearing up of the graveyards west of this a few years ago. We took up 1100 bodies, and I kept a strict lookout, as did every other man engaged in the work, for some sign of a body having turned or moved in the coffin. But there was notone. SolL do not have the dread of premature burials that I once bad, although, as I say, itis well enough to be sure . that a person is dead before burial.” “And what would you suggest?”’ *‘Cremation. It isthe most sensible and cleanest, in .every way the best method of be deceived and frightened, were arranged in one grand programme, as he was rot to be inducted regularly into the order. All the good fellows of town were posted on the affair, whether members of the or- der or not, and when the night came which was to remove the veil of mystery from before the eyes of the confiding mer- chant the ball was crowded with eager spectators. The ceremonies commenced in the most solemn and impressive man- ner, and as they proceeded, ever and anon the whole assembiy would give a sepul- chral groan, to which, according to in- structions previously given, the candidate responded “Limbo.” " Asthe evening wore on and he became more and more terrified Lis pronounciation of the magic word be- came less distinct. until nothing could be made of it but ‘‘Steambo,” and he became “Steamboat Jake’’ upon the spot. At one time it was represented to him that each of the three orders must brand him with a red-hot iron, and to fally im- press him with the reality of the intended act, they began to dispute among them- selves as to which order took precedence. Pembroke Murray dated the Masous back to Moses, but Stilts settled the dispute by conclusively proving that Adam was the first member of the Eclampus Vitus, and to that order was granted the privilege of first putting 1ts brand upon the now thor- oughly frightened man. Great demon- strations of heating an iron and of making other preparations were made, and when all was ready he was touched upon the back with a piece of ice. In his imagin- ation he could feel thescorching iron burn deep into his flesh, and he bounded into the air, screeching and eroaning in the in- tensity of his pain and fright. His yells and cries could be distinetly heard a block away by people in their houses. For a long time he writhed and shrieked under the relentless deceptions of his per- secutors, while all were convulsed with laughter. Finally his nervous system gave way under the strain and he fell down in a fit, frothing at the mouth. The merriment was suddenly changed to fear and appre- hension. The unconscious man was borne to his store, where four physicians labored over him for an hour. No one expected to see him open his eyes to the light of day again, but he was at last resuscitated and all danger was past. Before this Murray had gone home, leaving word with Stilts to come tq the house and tell him the re- sult. Assoon as the good news was an- | nounced, Stilts said to John Loag; “Jonn, have you got the old cayuse down at the stable?” 1 *Yes,” he replied. Said Stilts, “Well_ “I was engaged for a year doing nothing | disposing of the dead. Although,” con- ! or casket—as much as upon the embalm- tinued the grave-digzer, pausing from his work in his interest in his subjeet, *I have to say that I had to remodel my notions about the dead considerably as a result of that year of delving into old graves. There was nothing of that obnoxiousness that is usually associated with the buried human body. That is an incident of a few weeks or months after death. After that it passes away and the body simply turns to dust. 1 saw nothing of the ‘conqueror worm.’ I have never seen him in all my experience except ‘once, and that was a body that remained in the vaults for some time. “Ordinarily T can tell just about how a body will look at any certain stage after death, Tell me how many days a man has been dead and how the body has been cared for and I can tell you in what con- dition itis. But that year'saigging inold graves found many exceptions to my rule also. There was a woman, for instance, that we found in oneof those old-fash- ioned narrow iron coffins, bolted together and sealed, that had lain in the narrow box for twenty-seven years. The face that appeared under the little oval glass looked as though it had only ceased to breathe. It was wonderfulty preserved. I suppose it was the result of the complete exclusion of the air from contact. When a body was placed in one of those narrow old iron coffins it came very near being buried. I learned with regard to this case that it had been placed in the vanlts and abandonea. No one had come forit, and it had been buried after a time in the cheap | graves that were then being dug up. There were other instances of the kind. In the matter of the preservation of the body very much depends upon the coffin i1/ Humorous then, we will have a good joke on Mur- ray.” “How so?"’ «“Why, I'llgodown there and tell him the merchant leave town to avoid arrest, and you send him the old cayuse to ride on!”’ The plan was well laid, and all the late revelers were in the Stilts went to Murray’s house secret. ana rapped softly on the door, which was opened by the anxious Justice. Assuming a most lugubrious ex- pression of countenance, Stilts said: “He's dead as a smelt, and I am going to Oregon. Dave Colton is getting out the papers now to arrest us. I've told the boys we were going to Oregon, and Dave will hear of it and ride to the Klamath ferry to capture us. Now, there will be a horse herein a few minutes. Mount hm, and get to Shasta as quick as you can. I'mgo- ing to Oregon on foot, and I will be across the line by daylight.” Saying good-by, he struck off in the direction of Oregon at a rapid pace. Soon a horse was led cautiousty up to the door by George Waterhouse, who assisted Mur- ray to mount, charging him to get out of the country before daylight, and bade him gods'pud. , The old cayuse was a pack animal, to which any gait faster than a drowsy walk was an otier stranger. He took as longto pass any given point as a procession. In vain did the anxious fugitive on his back cluck, kick and swear. He had no spurs, no whip to encourage him with. Riding up to a fence he broke off a picket, and with this commenced a vigorous prod- ding, eliciting a spasmodic trot of half a dozen steps and then the walk was re- sumed. Aeain and again was the brute prodded, and again and again did he re- spond with a lone racking trot of six steps. After slowly plodding along Main street until Miner was safely passed, the exasperated man gave vent to his feelings in a flood of tears and imprecations. “This is a pretty beast to give 2 man to save a life with,” he blubbered. “If I had a pis- tol I'd shoot the man that gave him to me. If I only had a knife I'd cutthe brute’s throat. Get uvy, you lazy hound,” he shouted as he dug the offending animal's ribs with the fence picket. “Get up; get up. I'd walk if I wasn’tlame. Get up. Oh, I'll shoot the man that did this.” Just then the jokers, who had followed close behind him, began to yell, “There he goes!” and to fire their ptstdTs. The sensitive ear of the fugitive caught the sounds, and he redoubled his exertions to entice a trot from the old cayuse, but in vain. Wiley Fox soon overtook him, mounted on a fine horse. As he came up he asked: ‘‘1s that you, Murray 2" “Yes. Is that you, Wiley?’ ‘‘Yee; and you had better hurry up. They are after us.” - 3 “I1 can’t hurry.” ‘“‘Why not?" ““Why, the fools have given me an old { in the pockets of victims of smallpox.dur- HOW THEY- .~ HAZED IN SISKIyOU . .GOUNTY - .~ is | dead and we must| -clink of eonvivial ing. If there is the slightest crack or nail hole this sand will filter through in ths . colirse of a few years, and fill the coffin solid. That, of course, hastens the de- composition of the body. % “Where there was protection against this the remains were found in many- - stages of their return to earth. ln many. instances there were only bones and hair, The hair was preserved to the last always.: Clothes also lasted very long. In onecase. - of a woman that had disappeared, a]l but, the fragments ot a skeleton, a silk dvess seemed in a perfect stats of preserv tion. “There was one thing that neither time norany other condition affecte¢. Thatwas - gold. We found many pieces of "gold in the coffins—gold finger-rings, ‘gold. cuff- . buttons and other jewelry. One man found $20 gold pieces. They were probably ing the epidemic. At that time bodies. were frequently hurried to the grave with- out much inspection, wrapned perhapsin-. & blanket in which they had died. “I found a pair of gold sleeve-buttons myself that belonged to a young man who * | had come from a town in Massaclrsetts. . ° Iwrote there hoping or curious to learn. . - something of him, but I received no reply.. “In nearly every instance the ¢offin was coated on the inside ‘with a beautifil deli- cate moss that completely enshrouded the . body. > . - **On the whole.”” said the grave-digger,’ resuming his work, “I am’of. the opinion. that tue bodies 6f persons buried should * . not be boxed up—first in the casket and - aguin in therough box. Théy shduld be - - plainly casketed, so that their speedy re-, ' turn to dust should’ be facilitated rather, than otherwise.” * oy B THE, BASKET WEAVER: - & " Bittrn, g, Page in Vreka H-i;sib;g crowbait that won’t go off'a walk.. .Have you got a pair of spurs?”’ . & “No.” £ e “Have you got a knife?” * “No, why ?” 3 “I want to cut his infernal'throat.”. When they arrived at Greenhorn, Wiley turned around Angl said : o e o “I'm going back to face the music. Come . on.” . 2 “No.” o= “I'll see it through if it costs me every . . cent I've got. No one can drive me out of - town.” s e 3 “If you're geing back, let me take your ° horse.” e S “No, let’s bvth go back.” Coe v & “No, I won’t. Let me take your horse.”" At this point Wiley burst into_ a. fit of laughter. . - “Murray, you dre the worst sold man I . ever saw.”’ i “How s0?"” A S AL “Why, the confounded merchant isn't ' dead; 1t's all a joke.” % § Silently Murray sat and cogitated, then turned the old cayuse about and-slowly plodded toward the town. There was no - sleep for the jokers that night,but their shouts and laughter mingled with the glasses until the stars faded from the sky. : Stilts and Box have moved away, while Murray has been gathered-to his fathers, but the woes of Steamboat Jake and the midnight flight of the worthy Justiee will - be repeated in Yreka iong‘ after their * bones shall have mingled with the ele- ments of nature. % b SUIGIDE OF A GAT. - On Wednesday of last week a full-grown” black cat was observed sitting on the edge: of the sidewalk on Washington streat, just below Battery, and attracting the atten- ' tion of passers by her unfestrained and: piteous mewing. The proprietor of oneof ." ° the fruitstores of the loeality who owned, the animal said the cat has been suffering | from toothache for over two days and’ nad . been acting for all that time in the most distracted manner. For over an °hour -* pussy remained on the sidewalk, when seeming to have suddenly come to a de- cision it deliberately ran nnder the feet of .. ateam of horses attached to a passing: truck and stopped there. The horses stood still and the driver's attention be- ing called by the strange actions of the cat he deliberately struck it With the whip, which caused the cat to jump to ona side, when the horses proceeded, bnt'?o sooner did the truck start again thin pussy ran back under the wheels, which passed over its meck and thus the cat's toothache and melodies were stilied for- * ever. Fifty persons saw the performance and it was their unanimous opinion that * the cat committed suiclde. X : i ———————————— Here is an instance of a fire that has been burning for centuries. According to the testimony of the Duchess of Cleve- - 1and, the great nheartb-fire in the hall of Raby Castle has never been suffered to ex- pire. This castle 1s, perhavs, the noblest . and most perfect specimen of feudal archis tecture in Britain.