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rabbits that were foolishly introduced there, we shall 

 suffer from a plague of rats and mice. Stoats and 

 weasels kill enormous numbers of these, only for 

 the sake of ^eir blood. 



To return to the point we left, near the valley 

 mill-pond. As you pass over Box Hill you come 

 to Headley Walton and Epsom heaths or downs, 

 the crest of these hills. From this line of country 

 you begin to near the great metropolis : you see 

 now far too much brickwork about to call it wild 

 scenery, although the hills are still near. Primitive 

 nature in her luxuriance must be sought farther 

 afield, in the region I have tried faintly to indicate. 



