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Greensand hill is formed into beautiful undulations, which 

 have been taken advantage of in forming the grounds of Mr. 

 Joshua Fielden, M.P., whose house, situated on the top of 

 the range, overlooks the varied outhne of the hUl below and the 

 distant prospect beyond. The lane becomes narrow, ascend- 

 ing again one of the water- worn ways. On the right bank 

 the Periwinkle (^^inca minor) abounds. Some tall specimens 

 of grass were gathered, about six feet in height. The lane 

 here formerly abounded in Primroses, but many have dis- 

 appeared, gatherers from London having probably filled their 

 baskets for sale. Nearly in front eastward is a conical hill, a 

 kind of offshoot fi-om the general range of the Greensand series, 

 parallel with the escarpment of which the path has hitherto 

 led. We descend now to a little collection of houses and a 

 lane called Mid Street, which lane we cross and enter into a 

 field, ascending the hill on the opposite side. This field, 

 lying between two steep hills east and west, and at the foot 

 of the main range to the north, receives over a very narrow 

 extent the drainage of the valley, and is particularly wet 

 and often flooded in winter. The bank which hitherto rose 

 on the left hand or north side of the path having been passed, 

 the way led through a field by the side of a steep declivity on 

 the north side, looking like a slip or fault in the rock. The 

 path again descended to nearly the foot of the Sand range. 

 Two large blocks of stone were passed, lymg m a field near the 

 path ; the stone is of a different character to the local rock, 

 and seemed allied to the Tunbridge Wells rocks ; they were 

 not near any building, and what their use might be could not 

 be determined ; the larger stone was 4 ft. by 2 ft. by 3 ft. 

 At the foot of the hills we crossed a wet meadow, and turning 

 north ascended to the top of the hill into the village of 

 Bletchingley. At one period it must have been a place of 

 importance ; it possessed several churches and a castle, of 

 which only some of the foundation-walls remain. The town 

 sent two members to Parliament until the Eeform Bill, when 

 it was disfranchised, suffering the fate of its neighbour, 

 Gatton. On the site of Bletchingley Castle stands a handsome 

 modern house, belonging to Mr. Norris. Just outside the 



