the north-east, which altogether, with the country 

 beyond Alton and Farnham, form a noble and exten- 

 siye outline. 



At the foot of this hill, one stage or step from the 

 uplands, lies the yillage, which consists of one single 

 straggling street, three-quarters of a mile in length, 

 in a sheltered yale, and running parallel with the 

 Hanger. The houses are divided from the hill by a 

 yein of stiff clay (good wheat land), yet stand on a 

 rock of white stone, little in appearance removed 

 from chalk ; but seems so far from being calcareous, 

 that it endures extreme heat. Yet that the freestone 

 still preserves somewhat that is analogous to chalk, 

 is plain from the beeches which descend as low as 

 those rocks extend, and no farther, and thrive as 

 well on them, where the ground is steep, as on the 

 chalks. 



The cart-way of the village divides, in a remark- 

 able manner, two very incongruous soils. To the 

 south-west is a rank clay, that requires the labour of 

 years to render it mellow ; while the gardens to the 

 north-east, and small inclosures behind, consist of a 

 warm, forward, crumbling mould, called black malm, 

 which seems highly saturated with vegetable and 

 animal manure ; and these may perhaps have been 

 the original site of the town ; while the woods and 

 coverts might extend down to the opposite bank. 



At each end of the village, which runs from 

 south-east to north-west, arises a small rivulet : that 



