OF SELBORNE. 7 



As the parish still inclines down to- 

 wards Wolmer- forest^ at the juncture of 

 the clays andsand the soil becomes a wet, 

 sandy loam, remarkable for timber, and 

 infamous for roads. The oaks of Temple 

 and Blackmoor stand high in the estima- 

 tion of purveyors, and have furnished 

 much naval timber ; while the trees on 

 the freestone grow large, but are what 

 workmen call shakey, and so brittle as 

 often to fall to pieces in sawing. Be- 

 yond the sandy loam the soil becomes an 

 hungry lean sand, till it mingles with the 

 forest ; and will produce little without 

 the assistance of lime and turnips. 



