X REMINISCENCES OF A HUNTSMAN 



bitter complaint uttered by the author in Chapter XIV. No 

 two people, untrained to scientific forestry, can ever be got to 

 agree as to the right management of woodlands ; the timely 

 felling and replanting, which go on like clockwork — and remun- 

 erative clockwork — in German forests, offend too many pre- 

 dilections to be undertaken in Hampshire, though, in fact, the 

 ordinary operations of forestry contribute greatly to the charm 

 of woodland scenery. But means have been taken to maintain 

 the general character of the New Forest, while preser\'ing the 

 rights of connnon pasturage. It remains, and may long remain, a 

 vast national playground, a liberal harbour for game and other 

 wild animals and plants. 



With all his faults, Grantley Berkeley's intense love of horse 

 and hound, of wild nature and country life, must secure the 

 sympathy of his readers, and enable them to pass lightly over 

 the evidence of the egoism and occasional solecisms in good 

 taste which may be encountered. He died on 23rd February 

 1881, at Longfleet, near Poole, and his two sons also died with- 

 out issue. 



HERBERT MAXWELL. 



MONREITH, 1897. 



