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ill difguife, and generally by night j feeding 

 on pulfe, and green corn, which he found 

 growing in the fields. But I think the ac- 

 count more probable, that he was taken near 

 Woodlands in Dorfetfhire*. It was thought 

 however, that he intended to have fecured 

 himfelf in the woods of New-foreft, with 

 which he was well acquainted from having 

 frequently hunted in them. 



From Ringwood to Chrift-church you pafs 

 through a flat country, along clofe, and woody 

 lanes. Scarce any diftant view is admitted, ex- 

 cept here and there, among the meadows on 

 the right. On the left, Mr. Compton's park at 

 Biftern affords fome variety, running a con- 

 liderable way along the road, and grazed with 

 herds of large fpeckled cattle, without horns. 



As we leave the village of Sopley, the 

 meadows on the right, form a better landfcape, 

 than we had yet had. The parts are large, 

 tho flat j and the whole is bounded with wood ; 

 in which the tower of Chrift-church appears 

 as a principal object. 



* See Hatching's hift. of Dorfet, p. 60, and 499. 



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