or SELBORNE. 39 



side, with which I am not so well ac- 

 quainted, the bounds on this side, in old 

 times, came into Bimwood; and extended 

 to the ditch of Ward-le-ham Parky in 

 which stands the curious mount called 

 King Johns Hill, and Lodge Hill; and to 

 the verge ofHartlei/ Mauduit, called Mau- 

 duit-hatch ; comprehending also Short- 

 heath, Oakhanger, Q.nd Oakwoods ; a large 

 district, now private property, though 

 once belonging to the royal domain. 



It is remarkable, that the term purlieu 

 is never once mentioned in this long roll 

 of parchment. It contains, besides the 

 peramhulation, a rough estimate of the 

 value of the timbers, which were consi- 

 derable, growing at that time in the dis- 

 trict of TAe Holt; and enumerates the 

 officers, superior and inferior, of those 

 joint forests, for the time being, and their 

 ostensible fees and perquisites. In those 

 days, as at present, there were hardly 

 any trees in Wolmer forest. 



Within the present limits of the forest 



