84 Nature protected 
below. The very large sum raised 
by public subscription had been got 
together in certain large northern 
towns, chiefly Edinburgh, Manchester, 
Liverpool, and Newcastle. 
Last year, thirty acres of Burwell 
Fen, adjoining Wicken Fen, were 
presented to the National Trust by 
Mr Charles Rothschild. This fen- 
land offers a much-needed sanctuary to 
rare plants and insects of that district; 
but, having been once reclaimed, it is 
not nearly so valuable, from this point 
of view, as Wicken Fen. 
Only this year, the Trust has 
acquired two plots of land, together 
consisting of about twenty acres, in 
Piggle Dene and Lockeridge Dene, 
near Marlborough, on which are cha- 
racteristic examples of the Sarsen 
Stones known as the Grey Wethers. 
Scientific societies have also given 
proof of their interest in the preserva- 
