3 8 The Natural History of Selborne 



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 respecting 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. 



