EXTINCT FORESTS OF CHESHIRE. 167 



" The ancient name of this forest was Moni and Mon- 

 drum ; and by these names many writers not so very 

 aa liquated are accustomed to designate it. Fifty town- 

 ships are said to have been at one time included in it. 

 The latest account we have of royal hunting in the forest 

 is that of King James I., who, during one of his 'pro- 

 gresses,' enjoyed the pleasures of the chase here, and was 

 quite delighted with the sport. The Cheshire hounds 

 meet in the forest, as foxes are tolerably numerous." 



From these notices of extinct forests in the north of 

 England, some idea may be formed of what changes have 

 passed over the face of the country almost everywhere. 

 They are adduced as supplying illustrations of the kind of 

 historical notices which exist of woods and forests which 

 are now no more. 



