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It was at one time a hunting ground in the days of 

 Queen Elizabeth. 



In Kensington Gardens there are 360 acres. 



Battersea Park, 180 ; Victoria Park, 300 ; Finsbury 

 Park, 115. Then there are West Ham Park, Hamp- 

 stead Heath, Blackheath Common, Greenwich Park, 

 Clapham Common, Wormwood Scrubs, Tooting Com- 

 mon, and many others, which we have no time to see. 

 We must, however, go out to Bushy Park and Kew 

 Gardens, a little outside the city. In the gardens we 

 shall see trees from almost every land and clime, grow- 

 ing either in the avenues or green-houses. In the park 

 we shall see hundreds of deer. We shall visit here 

 Hampton Court, which calls up the mournful history 

 of the once great Cardinal Wolsey. At the court we 

 shall find the old grape vine, nearly two feet in thick- 

 ness at the ground, and bearing nearly a ton and a 

 half of grapes in a season. 



Here, too, is the " Maze," into which, if you venture, 

 you will be sure, I hope, to find your way out ; and if 

 you give the man in charge twopence he will tell you 

 that he never knew any one to find his way out more 

 successfully. Of course, you are out, and no one could 

 be any more than " out." 



You can spend hours inside the rooms of Hampton 



