Hillside, Rock and Dale 



A Suburban Estate 



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'HE suburban estate 

 referred to in this 

 chapter forms part of that 

 delightfully wild tract of 

 Old England which is 

 known as Enfield Chase. 

 The greater part of this 

 fine area is still some 

 of the most picturesque 

 country in Middlesex. 

 On this Chase stood three 

 large houses South, East, 

 and West Lodges. These 

 residences were probably 



the homes of head-keepers, and being now surrounded 

 as they are with woods, fields, and lakes, they form the 

 finest harbours of bird life in the county. It is with 

 only one of these estates that I wish now to deal, and 

 for obvious reasons I do not name the one particularly 



DABCHICK 



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