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the boughs of oaks ; the one called Waldon Lodge, 

 the other Brimstone Lodge ; these the keepers re- 

 new annually on the feast of St. Barnabas, taking 

 the old materials for a perquisite. The farm called 

 Blackmoor, in this parish, is obliged to find the 

 posts and brushwood for the former; while the 

 farms at Greatham, in rotation, furnish for the 

 latter ; and are all enjoined to cut and deliver the 

 materials at the spot. This custom I mention, 

 because I look upon it to be of very remote anti- 

 quity. 



LETTER VIII. 



TO THE SAME. 



ON the verge of the forest, as it is now circum- 

 scribed, are three considerable lakes; two in Oak- 

 hanger, of which I have nothing particular to say ; 

 and one called Bin's, or Bean's Pond, which is wor- 

 thy the attention of a naturalist or a sportsman ; for, 

 being crowded at the upper end with willows, and 

 with the carex cespitosa, " clumpy sedge,"* it affords 

 such a safe and pleasant shelter to wild ducks, teals, 

 snipes, &c. that they breed there. In the winter 

 this covert is also frequented by foxes, and some- 

 times by pheasants ; and the bogs produce many cu- 

 rious plant s.f 



* I mean that sort which, rising into tall hassocks, is 

 called by the foresters torrets ; a corruption, I suppose, of 

 turrets. 



NOTE. In the beginning of the summer, 1787> the royal 

 forests of Wolmer and Holt were measured by persons sent 

 down by Government. 



f For which consult Letter LXXXIV. to Mr. Barrington. 

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