2 IN HAMPSHIRE HIGHLANDS 



happily placed, no portion of the year can be 

 without its delights for the field naturalist, or for 

 the sportsman who is content with a small and 

 perhaps mixed bag, and sets much store by 

 charming south-country scenes and the pleasures 

 of observing a great variety of wild life. 



The woods lie in the north-west corner of the 

 county, not far from where the hills or downs 

 of chalk reach their highest point. This north- 

 west is the least known corner of the county, 

 rather perhaps through the difficulty of reaching 

 it than through its lack of interest. In the south- 

 west of the county there is the region of the 

 New Forest, so widely known and appreciated ; 

 in the north-east Strathfieldsaye, Silchester, and 

 Eversley, a village bound up for ever with the 

 name of Charles Kingsley, are all far-famed places ; 

 whilst in the south-east of Hampshire the districts 

 around Petersfield and Havant are well visited 

 by pleasure-seekers and holiday-makers from the 

 large and growing centre round England's naval 

 capital. But the north-west corner of Hampshire 

 is not one which the compilers of guide-books 

 and the promoters of excursions have taken much 

 into account. 



