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are frequented by numerous members of the Crow tribe, and I have seen 
the Kingfisher darting along the small stream which traverses them. 
After exploring the Lyndhurst neighbourhood, it will be well to turn 
one’s attention to Beaulieu, and the famous river which runs thence into 
the Solent. Beaulieu is not an easy place to get at. You can either go to 
Beaulieu Road and walk three and a half miles across the heath, or take 
the boat to Hythe, which is five miles off along a similar road; but the 
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annoying thing is that, when you do get there, it is almost certain that you 
will be unable to secure a boat, and anyone who wishes te follow the river 
must do so by the primitive method of forcing a passage through the thickets 
which fringe the banks on either side. It is about nine miles to the river’s 
mouth, and six miles thence along the Solent to Lymington; and allowing 
for the tiring nature of the walking, the person who starts from Beaulieu 
Road, and follows the above-mentioned route, will have had enough of it by 
the time the Lymington harbour appears in sight. 
