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places they are reduced sixteen or eighteen feet beneath 
the level of the fields ; and after floods^ and in frosts, ex- 
hibit very grotesque and wild appearances,, from the tangled 
roots that are twisted among the strata, and from the tor- 
rents rushing down their broken sides ; and especially 
when those cascades are frozen into icicles, hanging in all 
the fanciful shapes of frost-work. These rugged gloomy 
scenes afiright the ladies when they peep down into them 
HOLLOW LANE AND BRIDGE, NEAR NORTON. 
from the paths above, and make timid horsemen shudder 
while they ride along them ; but delight the naturalist with 
their various botany, and particularly with the curious 
Filices with which they abound. 
The manor of Selborne, was it strictly looked after, Avith 
all its kindly aspects, and all its sloping coverts, would 
swarm with game ; even now, hares, partridges, and 
pheasants abound ; and in old days woodcocks were as 
plentiful. There are few quails, because they more affect 
