280 SCORE VALLEY. 



covered on the very summit of the hill by an inquisi- 

 tive dog; the rest of the mutilated remains were 

 aftei wards found wrapt in a woollen apron, and con- 

 cealed in a brake on the hill-side. The peasantry of 

 the neighbourhood believe with an undoubting faith, 

 that the ghastly head of the murdered Jew is still to 

 be seen, in the gloaming, among the bushes of Cam 

 Top. 



On the opposite side of the road Score presented an 

 appearance still more attractive. It is one of the 

 loveliest vales in the vicinity. A flourishing farm, 

 with its cultivated fields of varied hues, its animals, 

 its agricultural operations, its out-buildings, and other 

 appurtenances, occupies the bottom, through which 

 flows a clear little stream. The sloping sides of the 

 hills, projecting irregularly in bold masses into the 

 valley, are well wooded ; a feature which greatly con- 

 tributes to the beauty of the scene. A pair of 

 squirrels, with erected feathery tails, scampered across 

 the field as we passed, and took refuge in the shelter 

 of these woods. 



Farther on Trentistowe displayed a similar combi- 

 nation of smiling fields and dark woods. The blue 

 blossoms of the sheep's-bit studded the banks, and 

 there was a wall covered with the Convolvulus arvensis, 

 in which the white flowers were so thick, that it 

 looked as if a pall of green velvet had been thrown 

 over it, studded with silver stars. 



We pass West Down, a pretty village on a hill to 

 the left, and come to Buddicombe Barton, where the 

 rounded hills are covered with coppice of small oak ; 

 out the trees become finer as we approach the bottom. 



