72 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



Gilpin's 'Vicar's Hill,' the old home of the 

 author of Forest Scenery, standing on the crest 

 of a hilly slope, the bottom of which is thickly 

 wooded. Passing beyond, we reach a point where 

 the road divides into two, and taking the left 

 turning and winding up over the uplands, between 

 high banks on either side embowered in leafiness, 

 we reach a triangular bit of greensward where 

 our road dips both to the right and to the left, 

 or on both sides, of the little highway oasis, 

 meeting a road which runs across. Taking the 

 left-hand turning and descending over the hill, 

 under the leafy shadows of large Elm and Oak 

 trees, in another moment we pass a few cottages 

 on either side, and immediately afterwards come 

 in sight of Boldre Bridge, getting a pretty peep 

 just before we reach the bridge, between the 

 picturesquely-contorted branches of ivy-covered 

 Oaks, of the Lymington Eiver or Boldre Water 

 as it is here more appropriately named. The 

 water at this spot is narrowed to a mere streamlet, 

 having low-lying, marshy borders and beyond 

 and above, on its further side, gently rising 

 uplands. On the opposite side of the bridge lies 



