UCKFIELD ROCKS. 
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UCKFIELD ROCKS. 
Near “ the Rocks,” the seat of Streatfiekl, 
Es(juire, al)out half a mile west of Uckfield, a group 
of sandstone rocks occurs, under circumstances of 
considerable beauty and ])icturesque effect. The 
path that leads to this interesting spot lies to the 
right of the road, and by a circuitous route, con- 
ducts the spectator to the centre of a wood, where 
a beautiful lake, nearly surrounded by rocks, sud- 
denly opens to the view. The cliffs, overhanging 
the water, are from twenty to thirty feet high, and 
are surmounted by forest trees and underwood. 
In some places the rocks are nearly perpendicular ; 
in others, they descend with a gentle slope to the 
water’s edge, the declivity being covered by a 
luxuriant vegetation. On the northern margin, a 
projecting point of high rock is perforated by a 
natural archway, that has been enlarged by art, and 
this leads to a recess in the sandstone on a level 
with the bosom of the lake. From this point the 
picturesque beauty of the scene is exhibited to 
})eculiar advantage. On the opposite shore, the 
base of a rock that juts into the water is in like 
manner excavated into an arch, beneath which a 
little shallop was moored at the time of my visit. 
In one of the vertical cliffs, some fine young birch 
trees had taken root between the thin layers that 
separate the strata, and in almost every fissure of 
the rocks numerous plants had insinuated them- 
selves, and by the beauty and variety of their 
foliage, relieved the monotonous and sombre ap- 
pearance of the smooth grey sandstone. On the 
