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there that he married, and from that; starting- 

 place that he made those toui« through Biiglandj 

 Scotland, and Wales that formed the foundation 

 for his various books on 'Picturesque Beauty,' 

 which were all written and published' 'during his 

 residence there, except ' Forest Scenery,' which 

 was conceived, written, and published during his 

 residence at Boldre, in the New Forest. We shall, 

 we trust, be forgiven for this digression ! Past 

 Cheam the route is through undulating country — 

 cultivated, but now snow-covered, fields, studded 

 here and there with the wintry, snowy forms of trees 

 —to Swell. From thence it is not a long journey 

 to Epsom, partly embowered' in treeSj by a furze- 

 covered embankment and through a furzy com- 

 mon, and away to Ashstead. Through more 

 undulating country, with distant views of snow- 

 clad hills, to Leatherhead. The way now becomes 

 bolder,, the tree-covered hills take rounder sweeps ; 

 we are hurried from the snowy landscape into the 

 dark depths of a tunnel, and, reaching anon its' 

 other side, emerge amidst the beautiful scenery of 

 Boxhill. 



From the station we take a turn round to th^ 



