LETTER XXXVII 



Visit to Well Place, Ipsden Woods and Forests Tree-felling 

 Old Roman Well Story of the Escape of a Child thrown into 

 it Sand-martins building in a Drain-pipe Swifts Gardens 

 in Town and Country Waste of surplus Plants Crocuses. 



6th March 1893. 



DEAR MARCO Last week Mrs. Leslie and 

 I stayed for a few days at a friend's house up 

 on the hills at Ipsden, about four miles from 

 here. There are very extensive woods all 

 along the range of hills which are known as 

 the Chilterns, and which lie exactly between 

 Wallingford and Henley. Here there is a 

 large estate, consisting chiefly of woodland, 

 belonging to the mother of the gentleman at 

 whose house we stayed, of which he has the 

 entire care and management. I here had an 

 opportunity of learning a little about forestry 

 and the felling of trees, which was entirely a 



