The covert of this eminence is altogether beech; the 

 most lovely of all forest trees, whether we consider 

 its smooth rind or bark, its glossy foliage, or grace- 

 ful pendulous boughs. The down, or sheep-walk, is 

 a pleasant park-like spot, of about one mile by half 

 that space, jutting out on the verge of the hill-coun- 

 try, where it begins to break down into the plains, 

 and commanding a very engaging view, being an 

 assemblage of hill, dale, woodlands, heath, and water. 



A hit of Selborne village. 



The prospect is bounded to the south-east and east 

 by the vast range of mountains called the Sussex 

 downs, by Guilddown near Guildford, and by the 

 downs round Dorking, and Ryegate in Surrey, to 



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