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see these, and every one with the least love for Nature must 

 feel their beauty. 



In their places are given the quiet scenes in the heart of 

 the great woods, where few people have the leisure, and some 

 not the strength to go — quiet brooks flowing down deep valleys, 

 and woodland paths trod only by the cattle and the Forest 

 workmen. 



For the same reason, sunrise, and not sunset, has been 

 chosen for the frontispiece. 



To the kind help ol friends I am indebted for much special 

 aid and information — to the deputy surveyor, L. H. Cumber- 

 batch, Esq., for permission to open various barrows and banks, 

 for the use of the Government maps, as also for the Forest 

 statistics — to the Rev. H. M. Wilkinson, and T. B. Rake, Esq., 

 for great assistance in the botany and ornithology of the 

 district ; as also to Mr. Baker, of Brockenhurst, for the list 

 of the Forest Lepidoptera. 



London, November, 1862. 



PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



Some slight alterations have been made in Chapter III. in the 

 arguments from Domesday, which, as also those upon the former 

 condition of the district, have been strengthened. 



In all other respects, with the exception of some few additions 

 and corrections, the text is unaltered. 



London, Fehruarij, 1863. 



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