INTO THE GREENWOOD SHADE. 177 
by glorious forms of Beech, the famous Knyght- 
wood Oak—a veritable monarch of the forest, 
having a bole twenty-three feet in circumference, 
and eight huge limbs like eight large Trees, 
each limb giving origin to enormous branches. 
Although this magnificent Tree can count its age 
by centuries, it is still in the full vigour of growth ; 
and beautiful and majestic as are many other 
forms of Oak and Beech in Knyghtwood, this giant 
Tree exceeds them all in grandeur. 
