74 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



leafy upland scenery of England. The Church, 

 standing on its hill-top and seen from many 

 distant points forming in fact a landmark in the 

 district looks down upon heath and forest which, 

 northwards, lie almost at the foot of the hill upon 

 which it is placed, and from their point of com- 

 mencement roll away as far as the eye can see. 

 Southwards from the Church the prospect is 

 undulating, but pastoral and agricultural, and the 

 building which was the scene of the spiritual 

 ministrations of the author of Forest Scenery 

 during a quarter of a century divides, so to speak, 

 the old from the new stands between the wild, 

 wide stretch of ancient forest and the meadow, 

 arable, and corn land of modern husbandry. 



But walking into the pretty churchyard with 

 its Norman and Early English Church, one of the 

 prettiest in England one may easily forget the 

 changes which have marked the period that has 

 elapsed since Grilpin's death, for the sacred edifice 

 and its quiet entourage are so closely screened by 

 trees that the sight of the surrounding country 

 is shut out from the level of the graveyard. Here, 

 on the north side near the Church walls and under 



