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hollow and woodland plain: and what remains 
must be held with a firm hand for the benefit of 
the toiling inhabitants of our crowded cities; 
for it is not only common that we need, but the 
greenness and beauty of luxuriant Trees. But we 
digress. 
We have wandered from Lyndhurst in our 
ramble through the forest in the forenoon of a 
glorious June day. We are bound for Minstead, 
and, for a short distance, we must take the high 
road; for on leaving the village the fence of an 
enclosure on our right tells us that access to the 
wood in that direction is denied to us, although 
we can see inside the nearest fence-encircled 
ground a rich growth of forest Trees. The 
manorial lord claims sole possession of this 
woodland, and we must therefore take the road, 
as it winds up and away from Lyndhurst, until 
we have rounded the wide enclosure, and can 
reach again the open forest. 
Stay! on this dusty road there is one green 
spot suggestive of the free beauty of the wild 
forest. It is on the verge of the manorial en- 
closure, and close to the carriage entrance to the 
