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woodlands, heath, and water. The pros- 

 pect is bounded to the south- east and 

 east by the vast range of mountains called 

 The Sussex Dow7is, by Guild-down near 

 Guilford^ and by the Downs round Dor- 

 king, and Ryegale in Surrey, to the 

 north-east, which altogether, with the 

 country beyond Alton, and Farnham, 

 fgrm a noble and extensive outline. 

 - At the foot of this hill, one stage or 

 step from the uplands, lies the village, 

 which consists of one single straggling 

 street, three quarters of a mile in length, 

 in a sheltered vale, and running parallel 

 with The Hanp'er. The houses are di- 

 vided from the hill by a vein of stiffclay 

 (good wheat-land), yet stand on a rock 

 of white stone, little in appearance re- 

 moved from chalk ; but seems so far from 

 being calcareous, that it endures extreme 

 heat. Yet that the freestone still pre- 

 serves somewhat that is analogous to 

 chalk, is plain from the beeches, which 



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