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wards to Brockenhurst, northwards to Brochis 

 Hill, Cadenham, Canterton, Brook, Bramble Hill 

 and Bramshaw, eastwards towards Langley Heath 

 and westwards to Mark Ash and Boldrewood, the 

 route is through forest. 



For the completion of our forest itinerary our 

 way lies to Brockenhurst. At the top of the hill, 

 which we ascend after passing through the leafy 

 outskirts of Lyndhurst, we shall, if we turn 

 round, get a beautiful peep of houses and foliage 

 the white-walled dwellings of the pretty village 

 peeping out from their green framework of trees. 

 Then, as we again turn to continue our way, the 

 forest begins to open up in all its beauty. The 

 road we are following descends over a hill, and 

 then, from our point of view, appears to be lost 

 in the trees as it bends round towards the right. 

 On the left-hand side of the route enclosing rails 

 shut out the forest for a short distance ; but we 

 soon get beyond them, and then the open forest 

 spreads out on both sides, showing at the point 

 where the enclosure ends a glow of yellow and 

 gold from the foliage of Birches contrasting with 

 the hue of autumnal Beeches. We pass on by 



