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lightnefs fecures him in a place, where a larger, 

 horfe, under the weight of a rider, would 

 flounder. If the traveller therefore meet with 

 a horfe -path, pointing into a fwamp, even 

 tho he mould obferve it to emerge on the 

 other fide, he had better relinquifh it. The 

 only track he can prudently follow, is that 

 of wheels. 



Having thus prefented the reader with a 

 general view of New-foreft, I mail now en- 

 deavour to give him a more intimate acquain- 

 tance with it, and mall lead him into fome 



of it's moft beautiful fcenes. Nor was the 



beauty of the forefl a matter of no concern, 

 even at a time, when we might have fuppofed 

 the pleafures of the chace ingrofled men's whole 

 attention. " There are three fpecial caufes, 

 fays Manwood, why the forefl-laws have fo 

 carefully provided for the prefervation of the 

 vert of the forefl. The firfl is for the fake 

 of cover for the deer. The fecond for the 

 fake of the acorns, maft, &c. which feed 

 them. The third is propter decorum, for the 

 comelinefs and beauty of the fame in a forefl. 

 For the very fight, and beholding of the 



goodly 



