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wooded. From the woods in its vicinity were cut 

 the shingles for the roof of Salisbury Cathedral. 

 But though its annual crops of acorns and beech 

 mast have diminished with its herds of swine, 

 which ran wild amongst its glades and thickets, it 

 has an abundant store of Apple-trees in its orchards 

 and gardens, and, as we pass through the little vil- 

 lage on our way to Stoneycross, we note the green 

 and gold and red of the fruit with which they are 

 heavily laden. "We take the road, at a four-cross 

 way, that leads towards Southampton and Caden- 

 ham Green and go down hill under leafy shadows, 

 reaching in a few moments the pretty hamlet of 

 Brook, getting pretty peeps of common, forest, and 

 farm and cottage enclosure as our road slightly 

 ascends. We cross the stream (that doubtless gave 

 its name to Brook) and pass from Hampshire into 

 a little corner of Wiltshire, walk a little way under 

 the shadows of Oaks, bordering either side of our 

 winding way, and presently, again crossing the same 

 stream, find ourselves once more in Hampshire. 

 We follow what is now a winding road through the 

 forest, with Oaks on both sides of the way the 

 woods and glades being wild and the surface 



