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almost to the exclusion of other trees. Most of these forests have either wholly 

 disappeared, or have been considerably reduced in size. Extensive woods survive 

 however, in portions of Scotland and England, the most famous beino- the New 

 Eorest in Hampshire, Dean Forest in Gloucestershire, and. Sherwood Forest in 

 Nottinghamshire. There the lover of nature may still ramble beneath woodland 



Kf'. 16. — An English Homesteau 



trees, whilst elsewhere, thcugh the name of " forest " is retained, the trees have 

 disappeared to make room for fields and pastures ; and though Great Britain 

 does not equal certain continental countries in the extent of its forests, it is 

 still appropriately described as a " woody region." From the southern shore of 

 England to the foot of the Grampians, beyond the Clyde and the Tay, and 

 for several hundred feet up the slopes of the mountains, this woody region 

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