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diftrift sftfo ; but they occupy chiefly the middle 

 parts between thefe two tracls of wood-land. 



In that divifion of New-foreft, which is 

 confined by Beaulieu-river, and the bay of 

 Southampton, the mid-land parts are heathy 

 as in the laft; but the banks, and vicinity 

 both of the river, and the bay, are woody, 

 and full of beautiful fcenery. This divifion 

 is perhaps, on the whole, the moft interefting 

 of the foreft. For befides it's woods, there 

 is greater variety of ground, than in any 

 other part. Here alfo are more diverfified 

 water-views, than are exhibited any where elfe. 

 The views along the banks of Beaulieu-river, 

 it has in common with the laft divifion; 

 but thofe over the bay of Southampton, are 



wholly it's own. One difagreeable cir^ 



cumftance attends all the fea views, which 

 are oppofite to the ifle of Wight, and that 

 is, the oozinefs of the beach, when the fea 

 retires. A pebbly, or a fandy fhore, has as 

 good an effect often when the fea ebbs, as 

 when it is full fometimes perhaps a better: 

 but an oozy one has an unpleafant hue. 



However 



