52 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



high street, until startled and urged to retreat by 

 the barking or pursuit of the village dogs, is gone 

 into that past so full of pleasant memories of the 

 ancient and unspoilt beauty of sylvan England. 

 But beauty lingers yet at Brockenhurst, and 

 though much of the old splendour has departed, 

 it still has the charm of leanness for the lovers of 

 rural quiet. 



