142 Stepkensiatia, No. XXVII, 



iiiai. constructed, in 1789, 1790, and 

 1791, the whole qu.intity of land in the 

 forest amounts to 69,600 acres. 



Acres. K. P. 



Of vvliicli the enclosed pro- 

 perty of the crown ainotnits 

 to 5,454. 



I'rivate enclosed property of 

 individuals 29,025 2 36 



Total enclosed land 34,480 1 2 



Open wood lands on tlie 



wastes of different manors 2,230 28 

 Open heaths and commons, 



the wastes of different 



manors 22,233 39 



Land covered witli water .• 165 1 9 



Total open forest land 24,623 



Rncroachuicnts enclosed hy 

 individnals from the diffe- 

 lent wastes, but clainicd 

 by tlie crown 491 2 



Total 59,600 



Tiie under-keepers live in cottages, 

 and the lodges arc tivc in numi)er: — 



1. Craulionrnc Lodge, occupied hy the 

 late Duke of Gloucester, while Lord War- 

 den, and since his death fitted np and 

 completely repaire<l. It is at present te- 

 nanted by the Hon. George Vjlliers, next 

 brother to tiie Earl of Clarendon, by the 

 special permission of his Majesty, he not 

 holding any ofFiee within tiic forest. 



2. New Lodge, scarcely linbilabic, for 

 the servants of her Hit;hncss Princess 

 Sophia of Gloucester, appointed Ranger 

 of New Lodge-walk for life, by letters 

 patent, dated in 1798. 



3. Swinley Lodge, occupied by the 

 master of the stag-hounds for the time be- 

 ing, who is at the same time ranger and 

 keeper of Swinlcy-walk, and circuitor 

 baiUfif and chief forester of Battels 

 Bailwick. 



4. Bagshot Lodge, uninhabitable. 



The tinjber is valued at only 

 200,000/. of which, "for want of care, 

 a small portion only is aj^plicablc to 

 naval purposes ; the greater portion is 

 now going rapidly to decay, and ought 

 to be cut as soon as possible." There 

 arc now in tlie forest (1806-7,) about 

 2230 acres on whicii trees are growing, 

 but not a single sapling or growing 

 young tree to succeed. 



'J'lic (leer here, which arc of tlie red 

 kind, are diminisiicd from more tliau 

 1300, in 1731, to 318, at which num- 

 ber tliey stood in 1806, by a return then 

 made. Notwithstanding the ranges of 

 24,628 acres of land, the deer, " in 

 almost every walk of tiie forest, except 



[March I, 



one, are all nearly starved ; many ac- 

 tually die of hunger :" it is added, " and 

 the surviving does Lave not strength 

 enough ti rear their fawns. Food in 

 winter is not attended to; the provi- 

 sion made for that purpose is in every 

 walk ill the forest inadequate, and in 

 one instance, that came accidentally to 

 the knowledge of the Commissioners, 

 perverted to private advantage.'' 



It is owing assuredly to this circum- 

 stance, that such depredations arc 

 made in the lands of the neighbouring 

 jiroprietors and farmers ; some of whose 

 crops have been devoured in the course 

 of a single night by a herd of red deer, 

 the penalty to dislioy which is very 

 large. This circumstance induced a 

 person, residing in the vicinity of the 

 forest, to state, " that every deer hnntcil 

 cost the commoners 1000/.'* 



This tract of country has been praised 

 by one of our most correct poets, in 

 numbers that will last when Ihe deer 

 have died away, and not a single tree 

 shall remain. " Pope's Wood," where 

 he spent his juvenile days, is at Binficid, 

 about eleven miles from Windsor 

 Castle. 



LA FONTAINF., 



Carried his good nature so far, as some- 

 times to appear litUe belter than ;» 

 driveller to vulgar eyes. Being once 

 confined to his bed by a very alarming 

 disorder, an ecclesiastic, who came to 

 administer spiritual comfort, spoke with 

 much energy and warmth respecting the 

 duties of Christianity. His servant, 

 who was present, thinking her poor 

 master did not comprehend a single 

 word of all this, said, ''Monsieur, ne 

 tourmentez pas ce pauvra homme ; il est 

 plus bete que mechantJ" 



EPITAPH BY MOUSTIF.K FOR BUPFON. 



' Ici repose Butfon, 



II soffit que je le noinme. 

 Tout I'eloge d'un grand homme 

 Est renfeime dans son noni. 



BOILEAU AND RACINE. 



These two men had frequent dispute.^ 

 with each other, which however were 

 always amicably adjusted. Kacino 

 wishing one evening to impose bis opi- 

 nion in a matter of literature, Boilean 

 started up, and exclaimed, in a great 

 passion, " How can you imagine that 

 I should a '.'opt the decisions of a man 

 whom I have frequently surprised read- 

 ing "Virgil Burlesqued!" 



SILAS DEANE. 



Governor 'J'hicknesse, in " A Year's 



Journey through the Pais Bas," thus 



expresses himself, in respect to that 



gentleman, 



