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EOYAL CHASE OF SHIRLOT. 



fires in its hollow trunk, but which is now propped, 

 cramped, and cared for, with as much concern as 

 the Druids were wont to show to similar trees. A 

 yoimg tree, too, sprung from an acorn from the 



Lady Oak. 



old one, has grown up within its hoUow trunk, 

 and now mingles its foliage with that of the parent. 

 There are a few fine old trees near Willey, sup- 

 posed to be fragmentary forest remains. One is 



