THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



SELBORNE 



LETTER I. 



TO THOMAS PENNANT, ESQUIRE. 



The parish of Selborne lies in the 



extreme eastern corner of the rounty 

 of Hampshire, bordering on the county 

 of Sussex, and not far from the county of 

 Surrey ; is about fifty miles south-west 

 of London, in latitude 51, and near mid- 

 way between the towns oi Alton and Pe- 

 tersfield. Being very large and extensive, 

 it abuts on twelve parishes, two of which 

 are in Sussex, viz. Trotton and Rogate, 



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