A SNOWY LANDSCAPE. 95 



there that he married, and from that starting- 

 place that he made those tours through England, 

 Scotland, and Wales that formed the foundation 

 for his various books on ' Picturesque Beauty,' 

 which were all written and published during his 

 residence there, except ' Forest Scenery,' which 

 was conceived, written, and published during his 

 residence at Boldre, in the New Forest. We shall, 

 we trust, be forgiven for this digression ! Past 

 Cheam the route is through undulating country 

 cultivated, but now snow-covered, fields, studded 

 here and there with the wintry, snowy forms of trees 

 to Ewell. From thence it is not a long journey 

 to Epsom, partly embowered in trees, by a furze- 

 covered embankment and through a furzy com- 

 mon, and away to Ashstead. Through more 

 undulating country, with distant views of snow- 

 clad hills, to Leatherhead. The way now becomes 

 bolder, the tree-covered hills take rounder sweeps ; 

 we are hurried from the snowy landscape into the 

 dark depths of a tunnel, and, reaching anon its 

 other side, emerge amidst the beautiful scenery of 

 Boxhill. 



From the station we take a turn round to the 



