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residence at Boldre) 'we passed Boldre Bridge, 

 and ascending the opposite bank, called Hope-hill, 

 to Battramsley, we had a beautiful view of the 

 estuary of Lymington Elver which, when filled 

 with the tide, forms a grand sweep to the sea. 

 It is seen to most advantage from the top of the 

 hill, a few yards out of the road on the right. 

 The valley, through which the river flows, is 

 broad; its screens are not lofty, but well varied 

 and woody. The curves of the river are marked 

 by long projections of low land, and on one or two 

 of them some little saltern' (the salt works of 

 Lymington, now gone, were in existence so early 

 as the year 1147) ( or other building is erected. 

 The distance is formed by the sea and the Isle 

 of Wight. Altogether the view is picturesque. It 

 is what the painter properly calls a whole. There is 

 a foreground, a middle ground, and distance all 

 harmoniously united. We have the same view, 

 only varied by position, from many high grounds 

 in the neighbourhood, but I know not that it 

 appears to such advantage anywhere as from this 

 hill.' 



Further on, in the same section of his Forest 



