110 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



under the shadows of overarching Elms and by 

 hedgebanks dyed with the purple of the Dog- 

 wood. Emerging from our lanes upon a little 

 bridge whose stream runs into the Avon 

 which we can now see once more across some 

 meadows we continue past the bridge until we 

 reach some Poplars between the branches of 

 which, away to the left, we catch sight of the 

 houses of Fordingbridge and of the church tower 

 of the little place standing up above all other 

 buildings. After one or two more windings our 

 road takes us into the town itself. 



