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whilst a Daisy, which we note on the greensward 

 by our way, gives another proof of the truly 

 perennial character of this beautiful little flower 

 that seems to enjoy an almost perpetual spring- 

 time. 



Distant now only two miles from Lymington, 

 by way of which we propose, by a rather long 

 detour, to reach Boldre, we follow on our way 

 southwards, pass under the shadows of over- 

 arching trees which grow from the hedgebanks 

 on either side Elm, Oak, and Sycamore whose 

 brown and yellow leaves stand out in relief 

 against the mass of changing green and then 

 descend over the brow of a gentle declivity. 

 Soon, leaving the leafy overhanging shelter, our 

 road once more ascends through a tree-bordered 

 meadow on our right and an undulated wooded 

 enclosure which stretches away on the opposite 

 side. 



Our way now becomes extremely beautiful. 

 "We have fairly left behind us, for a time, the open 

 forest and have reached a region of enclosures. 

 But our way winds and turns between them, and 

 as it somewhat rapidly descends is embowered in 



