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road for some distance past the Burford Bridge Inn, 

 until we come to a turning on our right ; at one corner 

 of which, in a garden, are some fine cedar trees, and at 

 the other a direction post, on which is inscribed " Three 

 miles to Headley ;" this is Headley Lane. Continuing 

 our course along the lane, we shall come to a farm 

 house on our right on our left a lime kiln ; just past 

 which, on the slope, we shall see a path amongst the 

 trees ; this will bring us into the l( sanctum sanctorum/' 

 the " Hilly Field at Headley Lane." And now, how 

 beautiful is the prospect ! how varied is the scene ! 

 looking back upon the road we have travelled, the 

 beautiful slopes of Norbury Park appear to great ad- 

 vantage, on which grow the noble old yews, the choice 

 locality for Dasycampa rubiginea ; these yews are 

 called the " Druid's Grove," but whether here in 



ancient times 



" The incense rose 

 That Pagan gods might crush the Briton's foes" 



is a point I am unable to set at rest, it being rather 

 more antiquarian than Entomological ; all I know is, 

 that it could hardly have been more "sacred" then 

 than now " Trespassers will be prosecuted" being in- 

 tended to strike terror into the hearts of all whom it 

 may concern. But it is gratifying to think that the 

 purse-proud lordling cannot destroy the pleasure his 

 humbler (?) brother feels at contemplating the works 

 of nature, and that all his gold and all his power cannot 

 smother the feelings of admiration and pleasure that 

 throng his heart as he stands in nature's temple and 

 pours forth his soul in praise to the Author of all, for 



" He looks abroad into the varied field 

 Of nature, <*nd though poor, perhaps, compared 



