THE 
NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, 
ARRANGED FOR YOUNG PERSONS. 
EA. tut. 5 
IN A SERIES OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO 
THOMAS PENNANT, Esa. 
LETTER I. 
Tue parish of Selborne lies in the extreme east- 
‘ern corner of the county of Hampshire, bordering 
on the county of Sussex, and not far from the 
county of Surrey; is about fifty miles southwest 
of London, in latitude 51°, and near midway be- 
tween the towns of Alton and Petersfield. Being 
very large and extensive, it abuts on twelve par- 
ishes, two of which are in Sussex, viz., Trotton 
and Rogate. If you begin from the south and 
proceed westward, the adjacent parishes are Em- 
shot, Newton Valence, Faringdon, Harteley, Mau- 
duit, Great Ward-le-ham, Kingsley, Hedleigh, 
Bramshot, Trotton, Rogate, Lysse, and Greatham. 
The soils of this district are almost as various and 
diversified as the views and aspects. The high 
part to the southwest consists of a vast hill of chalk, 
