LETTER VIII. 



To the same. 



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

 scribed, are three considerable lakes, two in 

 Oakhanger, of which I have nothing par- 

 ticular to say; and one called Bin's, or 

 Bean's Pond, which is worthy the attention 

 of a naturalist or a sportsman. For being 

 crowded at the upper end with willows, 

 and with the carex cespitosa,* it affords such a safe and 

 pleasing shelter to wild ducks, teals, snipes, &c., that they 

 breed there. In the winter this covert is also frequented by 

 foxes, and sometimes by pheasants; and the bogs produce 

 many curious plants. 



By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt, made 



* 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. 



