CHAPTER VII. 
INTO THE GREENWOOD SHADE. 
ture at Stoney Cross, we descend, 
in a south-westerly direction, a 
steep upland which sweeps down 
into a vale, running from north 
to south below the village. 
* Opposite us, the upland is open forest 
"land, some cultivated enclosures lying 
4 away both to our right and to our 
left. As we descend we get a delightful view 
away towards the south-east, of a long extent of 
rolling forest—woodland, fern, furze, and heather, 
the Isle of Wight making a faint background be- 
yond the outermost lines of forest, the dividing 
channel being shown between forest and island as 
