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CHAPTEE XII. 



FARM GAME HALLET WHEAT OUNDLE COUNTRY BRIDGES FOTHERmG- 



HAY CASTLE QUEEN MARY'S IMPRISONMENT AND EXECUTION 



BURGHLEY HOUSE : THE PARK, AVENUES, ELMS AND OAKS 



THOUGHTS ON TREES, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN. 



HAYINGr now pursued a westerly direction until 

 I was in the range of a continuous upland 

 section of country, I took a northward course and 

 walked on to Oundle, a goodly town in Northampton- 

 shire, as unique as its name. On the way, in crossing 

 over to another turnpike road, I passed through a 

 large tract of land in a very deshabille condition, rough, 

 boggy and bushy. I soon found that it was a game- 

 growing estate, and very productive of all sorts of 

 birds and small quadrupeds. The fields I crossed 

 showed a promising crop of hares and rabbits ; and 

 doubtless there were more partridges on that square 

 mile than in the whole state of Connecticut. This is 

 a characteristic of the country which will strike an 

 American, at his first visit, with wonder. He will 

 see hares and rabbits bobbing about on common 

 farms, and partridges in broods, like separate flocks of 

 hens and chickens in fields of grain, within a stone's 



