LETTER IX 



The Chilterns Swincombe Down "Cuckoo Pens" Ilelleborine 

 The County Agricultural Show Kerry Cows Wet Season 

 Hired Gardeners Watering and Weeding Pruning Roses. 



jthjune, 1894. 



DEAR MARCO - - Yesterday I drove to 

 Swincombe to look at a collection of old 

 family pictures belonging to some friends of 

 mine. The day was rather like one in 

 March than June, but I enjoyed the drive 

 notwithstanding, as the country out in that 

 direction is very beautiful. The Chilterns 

 are the high range of chalk downs that are 

 situated in the south-eastern corner of the 

 county of Oxford ; they differ from most of 

 the other chalk clowns in the south of Eng- 

 land, in that they are plentifully wooded and 



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