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what dimmer, and the range of the Cotteswold Hills 
appear near. 
The soil of the declivities, a rich calcareous loam, 
grass with good verdure, intermixed with the upland 
burnet (poterium sanguisorba,) but some of the knolls 
mossy and producing furze ; understratum, calcareous 
stone. This hill occupies a considerable space of 
ground, standing, I think, upon a base of four or five 
square miles. The Vale of Evesham, which entirely 
surrounds it, forms a most picturesque appearance, 
meeting the eye like a map. 
October 1, from Pershore, through the country 
northward.—Soil, a good grey loam ; modern enclosure, 
dung and compost laying on bean stubbles, and on 
clover lays for wheat, and some of the ground plough¬ 
ing, ridges not quite so high as in the common fields, 
but JO or 12 yards wide, and half a yard l'aised in the 
middle above the hollows; rushes often in the hollows ; 
strong Cotteswold sheep; wheat and bean stubbles 
foul with corn, chamomile, and thistles. Barns of 
wood, houses timber and plaster, some of the roads 
miry ; found, for about a space of two miles, the wild 
chicory (cichorium intybus,) spontaneous in plenty, the 
plants grown stalky, but retained its blue flowers. To 
Upton and Uddington ; wheat stubbles foul with this¬ 
tles, bindweed, coltfoot, wild carrot, and corn, chamo¬ 
mile ; passed a common field whose name I did not 
learn ; wheat, barley, and oat stubbles, but no clover 
in them, rushes in the mears, or turf left for land-marks ; 
enclosed country roads stony, soil strong, in high ridges ; 
goose tansy (potentilla anserina,) abundant, stubbles 
mown, and often foul with weeds; on a waste, the 
thorny rest harrow (ononis spinosa,) in abundance, 
l with 
