98 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



the six hydes there were eighty-four inhabitants 

 one freeman, six serfs, twenty-one borderers, and 

 fifty-six villeins ; whilst on the portion afforested 

 there dwelt six borderers and fourteen villeins. 

 The woodlands in the manor maintained 189 

 hogs, and were consequently very different in 

 extent to what they are now. 



Standing on the three-arched Avon bridge at 

 Eingwood we are struck by the pretty and simple 

 character of the scenery. To the north the eye 

 follows the river as it broadens out and overflows 

 the meadows which lie along it. Cattle of dif- 

 ferent colours red, black, white, and mottled 

 picturesquely contrast with each other, as they 

 lazily wade, knee-deep, in the water, above which, 

 in places, are shown patches of grass and great 

 beds of rushes. Beyond the water-meadows, 

 northwards, the prospect is bounded by trees 

 whose tops form an irregular and broken line. 

 To the south the winding river disappears from 

 view amongst its tall rushes, and beyond are 

 meadows and clustering trees. "Westwards also 

 are water-meadows as far as we can see ; but the 

 view is soon bounded by trees which loom up 



