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well as the number of the moft refpe&able 

 of them, have obtained the name of the twelve 

 apoftles. 



In the woods around* this lodge, we faw a 

 breed of fmall cattle, which the late duke of 

 Bolton procured from Scotland. While this 

 herd was increafing, they were fuffered to run 

 wild in foreft ; but in a courfe of years, 

 when he wifhed to reclaim a few of them, 

 their habits were become fo obftinate, and 

 their nature fo ferocious, that it was attempted 

 without fuccefs j and they are now among the 

 fera naturd of the foreft. They are mifchie- 

 vous however only when attacked. We rode, 

 and walked among them without any molef- 

 tation. 



From Burley-lodge it is little more than 

 two miles to Boldre-wood lodge, the feat of 

 lord Delawar. This houfe enjoys one of the 

 fineft fituations of the foreft. It ftands high, 

 with an extenfive lawn before it, from which 

 it commands a vaft extent of foreft-fcenery, 

 fpread around in great variety of diftance; 

 particularly towards Burley-lodge, where the 

 woods ftretch far and wide, beyond a length- 

 ened 



