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THE NATURA.L HISTORY 



LETTER VI 



Should I omit to describe with some exactness the 

 forest of Wolmer, of which three-fifths perhaps lie in this 

 parish, my account of Selborne would be very imperfect, 

 as it is a district abounding with many curious produc- 

 tions, both animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded 

 me much entertainment both as a sportsman and as a 

 naturalist. 



The royal forest of Wolmer is a tract of land of about 

 seven miles in length, by two and a half in breadth, 

 running nearly from north to south, and is abutted on, 



A TABLE of the Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, from January 2, 

 1761, to December 25, 1780, in tbe Parish of SELBORNE. 



1761 

 1762 

 1763 

 1764 

 1765 

 •1766 

 1767 

 1768 

 1769 

 1770 

 1771 

 1772 

 1773 

 1774 

 1775 

 1776 

 1777 

 1778 

 1779 

 1780 



During this period of twenty years the births of Males exceeded 



those of Females . . 10. 



The burials of each sex were equal. 



And the births exceeded the deaths . . 140. 



