The New Forest and the Isle of WightWith eight plates and many other illustrations . ^4^,. ,-4: ^:-^f^r-^- ? : a?&.:] Bridge near Brockenhurst. round ; and the centuries of the growth of the yew must be the measureof the decline and fall of this primeval oak. At dusk, when the heavy clouds descend and brood in long Imesacross the woods, with bars of pale white sky below, the scene betweenBrockenhurst and Lyndhurst is singularly wild and pleasing. The whiteand waning light in the west is broken by the sharp outlines of therugged firs, and reflected in pale sheets in the swampy pools whichli
The New Forest and the Isle of WightWith eight plates and many other illustrations . ^4^,. ,-4: ^:-^f^r-^- ? : a?&.:] Bridge near Brockenhurst. round ; and the centuries of the growth of the yew must be the measureof the decline and fall of this primeval oak. At dusk, when the heavy clouds descend and brood in long Imesacross the woods, with bars of pale white sky below, the scene betweenBrockenhurst and Lyndhurst is singularly wild and pleasing. The whiteand waning light in the west is broken by the sharp outlines of therugged firs, and reflected in pale sheets in the swampy pools whichline the river. The woods are studded with clumps of holly, whose rUE NEJV FOREST 37 opaque black outline contrasts with the gnarled and twisted limbs ofthe ancient pollarded oaks native to this stiff and vigorous soil. Asthe dusk creeps on the night-sounds of the forest are more distinctlyheard. The splashing of the ponies feet as they crop the grass of theswamps, the neighing of the forest mares as they call their foals, and thedistant tinkle of the cattle-bells, sound th
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