8. 



A EETEOSPECT. 



OMING down 

 from our hill- 

 side stand- 

 point it is curiously 

 interesting and in- 

 structive to reflect 

 that the Heather 

 and Bracken upon 

 which we tread 

 now clothe what 

 was once covered 

 by the sea. In- 

 stead of the vast expanse of wood, upon which we 

 have just looked, stretching away from near the 

 southern border of Hampshire to this its highest 

 ground, a sea of waters rolled inwards from the 



TWO SENTINEL TREES IN MARK ASH. 



