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well as the number of the mod refpedablc 

 of them, have obtained the name of the twelve 

 apojlles. 



In the woods around this lodge, we faw a 

 breed of fmall cattle, which the late duke of 

 Bolton procured from Scotland. While this 

 herd was increaling, they were fuffered to run 

 wild in the foreft; but in a courfe of years, 

 when he wilhed to reclaim a few of them, 

 their habits were become fo obftinate, and 

 their nature fo ferocious, that it was attempted 

 without fuccefs ; and they are now among the 

 ferce naturd of the foreft. They are mifchie- 

 vous however only when attacked. We rode, 

 and walked among them without any molef- 

 tation. 



From Burley-lodge it is little more than 

 two miles to Boldre-wood lodge, the feat of 

 lord Delawar. This houfe enjoys one of the 

 finefl: fituations of the foreft. It ftands high, 

 with an extenfive lawn before it, from which 

 it commands a vaft extent of foreft-fcenery, 

 fpread around in great variety of diftance -, 

 particularly towards Burley-lodge, where the 

 woods ftretch far and wide, beyond a length- 

 ened 



