64 ON SURREY HILLS. 



enough, as the forest-folks were wont to say, to last 

 " for ever and a few days over." 



Leith Hill much resembles Holmbury in the 

 general surroundings. Let any one who is fond of 

 wild life and scenery walk from Dorking to Cold- 

 harbour ; from there to Leith Hill ; and from the 

 Hill tower let him take the long green stripe down 

 to the entrance of the wood, and on to Pitland 

 Street. That will lead him to the base of Holmbury 

 Hill. Then let him climb the hill and come down 

 through the beautiful glade, with fir-woods on either 

 side, to Fellday, or the Fell of the Moor. From 

 Fellday he should walk to Abinger and look at its 

 quaint church, and the time-eaten stocks just outside 

 the churchyard gates. From Abinger he may wander 

 past Wotton, the home of the Evelyns, and on to 

 Westcott, on his way back to Dorking. He will 

 not soon forget such a day, and if he be a botanist 

 his case will not be empty. Should he prefer ento- 

 mological research, he can have his fling at moth, 

 butterfly, or beetle. On the stone-heaps from the 

 quarries, on or under the stones, there is insect-life 

 in innumerable varieties. For the lover of birds 

 there are plenty to observe still, although not so 



