38 The Natural History of Selborne 



great quantity of coins that were found in its bed about forty 

 years ago. But, as such discoveries more properly belong 

 to the antiquities of this place, I shall suppress all particulars 

 for the present, till I enter professedly on my series of letters re- 

 specting the more remote history of this village and district. 1 



1 These letters, though included in the first edition, form a separate work, 

 under the title of " The Antiquities of Selborne." ED. 





