FROM CROCKEXHDEST TO LYMINGTON AND BOLDKE. 69 



Scenery, Gilpin describes the town itself, and 

 again notices the river mouth. Describing his 

 approach to it from the west, in his forest ride, 

 he says, C A little further to the east stands 

 Lymington, just at the point where the flat 

 country we had been travelling from Christ- 

 church descends to the river which takes its name 

 from the town. The brow and gentle descent of 

 this falling ground the town occupies, forming 

 one handsome street which overlooks the high 

 grounds on the opposite side of the river. It is a 

 neat, well-built town and pleasantly seated. The 

 houses, especially on the side of the street next 

 the coast, have views, from the windows and 

 gardens, of the Isle of Wight and the sea. 

 Across the estuary formed at the mouth of 

 Lymington Eiver, a dam with flood-gates is 

 thrown. The intention was to exclude the salt 

 water from the meadows above, which it was 

 hoped might have become pasturage, but the 

 purpose is not answered. A great beauty, how- 

 ever, arises from the influx of the tide which 

 forms a handsome piece of water above the dam 



with many reaches and winding shores. We have 



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