RED DEER LAND. 



made. At last the slope of the hill is 

 reached, and has now expanded into a 

 mountainous ascent, not to be overcome 

 without much labour and more time. The 

 country is, in fact, very deceptive, much 

 wider, and much more difficult than it looks. 

 The expanse confuses the eye, and will not 

 allow it to judge distances. From the spot 

 where you stand to the range yonder is per- 

 haps five -and -twenty miles. On Haddon 

 Hill the glance passes from Dunkery, which 

 overlooks the Severn Sea, to Sidmouth Gap 

 by St. George's Channel, so that the eye 

 sees across the entire breadth of England 

 there. 



The consequence of these great distances 

 is that all minor distances are shrunken, 

 and five miles looks nothing. The illusion 

 is assisted by the smooth outline of the 

 moors, without a fence for miles together, 

 and without a visible tree, for the covers 



