The New Forest : its History and its Scenery. 



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CHAPTER XV. 



THE GIPSY AND THE WEST-SAXON. 



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MANY people have a vague notion that the gipsies constitute 

 the most important element of the population of the New Forest, 

 whereas, of course, they are mere cvphers. An amusing enough 



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