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 particular 

 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, 



* 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. 



