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name for though still called the twelve apostles, 

 they number only eleven. Nor must the gravelly 

 conglomerate Burley rock escape a passing notice, 

 for the quarries which furnish it forth provided 

 foundations for the older churches of the forest 

 those at Brockenhurst, at Minstead, and at Sop 

 ley. Near Burley the Raven used to build but 

 now builds no more, and its departure, like that of 

 the grand old trees which formerly stood around 

 this forest village, gives another indication of ' the 

 spirit of the age.' 



From the leafy depths of Burley we ascend on 

 our way to Eingwood, continuing the road we 

 were following on entering the village. Beyond, 

 towards Eingwood, we enter upon an extensive 

 space of moorland covered by Heath and Gorse. 

 Darkness has now fairly come upon us and our 

 walk is quiet and impressible. Around us on all 

 sides, stretching away until the eye in the near 

 distance loses it, is the wild vegetation of the 

 open forest. Now and then we can dimly discern 

 the pale form of a night moth flitting noiselessly 

 like some visible spirit of the night : or a frog, 

 which we surprise in the middle of our way, begins 



