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diftance, was furprifed much with fmoke and a hot fmell of fire ; 
and conduded that Alresford was in flames ; but, when he came to 
that town, he then had apprehenfions for the next village, and fo 
on to the end of his journey. 
On two of the moft confpicuous eminences of this foreft (land 
two arbours or bozvers, made of the boughs of oaks; the one called 
IValdon-lodge , the other Brimftone-lodge : thefe the keepers renew 
annually on the feafl; of St. Barnabas, taking the old materials for 
a perquifite. The farm called Blackmoor, in this parifh, is obliged 
to find the pods and brufh-wood for the former ; while the farms 
at Greatham, in rotation, furnifh for the latter ; and are all enjoined 
to cut and deliver the materials at the fpot. This cuftom I men- 
tion, becaufe I look upon it to- be of very remote antiquity.. 
LETTER VIIL 
TO THE SAME. 
o N the verge of the foreft, as it is now circumfcribed,. are three 
confiderable lakes, two in Oakhanger, of which 1 have nothing 
particular to fay ; and one called Biiis, or Beans pond, which is 
worthy the attention of a naturalift or a Iportfman. For, being 
crowded at the upper end with willows, and with the carex 
cefpitojii'^, it affords fuch a fafe and pleafing fiielter to wild ducks, 
? I mean that fort which, rifing into tall haffocks, is called by the forefters torrets j a 
corruption, I fuppofe of turrets. 
Note, In the beginning of the fummer 1787 the royal forefts of JVolmer and Holt were 
meafured by perfons fent down by government, 
teals^ 
