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as they do, also, on the borders of the 

 V. W. H. This portion includes the well- 

 known Bradwell Grove, an appointment 

 much patronised by Oxonians, who signifi- 

 cantly regard it as imperative to their present 

 and future happiness to apportion their 

 studies between Professor Hills and the 

 more dignified authorities of the University. 

 The vicinity of Bradwell Grove is the heaic 

 ideal of a stone-wall country. Central, on 

 the southern extremity, is Wychwood Forest, 

 a vast portion of which has latterly been 

 broken up, and here a similar variety of 

 fences present themselves ; while near to 

 Blenheim, verging on the Bicester Hunt, 

 there is much strono- soil of holdingr nature. 

 Approaching Deddington there is a fine tract 

 of country, from whence, striking a line 

 westward to Moreton-in-the-Marsh, the con- 

 fines of the Warwickshire Hunt are repre- 

 sented. The nature of the fences may be 

 accepted as descriptive of the quality of the 

 soil. Where the walls prevail the land is 

 arable ; hedges and ditches denote pasture 

 fields, which in wet weather are deep and 

 holding. It may well be designated a nice 

 compact country, the greatest extent from 



