The Old South-Eastern Coast. 



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CHAPTER V, 



CALSHOT CASTLE AND THE OLD SOUTH-EASTERN COAST. 



Calshot Castle. 



THIS corner of the Forest, once perhaps the most beautiful, 

 is now the least known, because, to most people, so inaccessible. 

 It lies quite by itself. No railway yet disfigures its fields and 

 dells. The best way to see it and the whole Forest is to cross 

 the ferry at Southampton, and land at the hard at Hythe. And 

 as we cross, behind us, amongst a clump of trees, rises the ruined 

 west end of Netley Abbey Church, and the modern tower on 

 Henry VIII.'s Fort; whilst, lower down, the new Government 



