The wanderings of a pen and pencil . as we strove for our destination, wasalluring; the bold front of Uffingdon hills: the tranquil villages sprinkledat their feet, alternating with woodland, upon the wild and dappled and deeper as we trudged into more obscure regions, and traversedmore solitary lanes, the desire for resting accompanied us, and urged goodspeed. At nightfall we entered the porch of Frankoms comfortable hostelryof the White Horse, and a good name for ever, to him, for the unaffectedzeal he displayed to us during our brief stay with him and his respectablefamily
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . as we strove for our destination, wasalluring; the bold front of Uffingdon hills: the tranquil villages sprinkledat their feet, alternating with woodland, upon the wild and dappled and deeper as we trudged into more obscure regions, and traversedmore solitary lanes, the desire for resting accompanied us, and urged goodspeed. At nightfall we entered the porch of Frankoms comfortable hostelryof the White Horse, and a good name for ever, to him, for the unaffectedzeal he displayed to us during our brief stay with him and his respectablefamily. He gave us a good repast, and when the Saturdays revellers occu-pied his cool kitchen, he provided that we should hear some of the quaintestballads that ever we heard, in mingling heartily elsewhere with rude countrypeople Having been master of the whip upon the London roads for so manyyears, he has made good use of much natural power of observation, andwe found him an intelligent companion, a hearty landlord, and a A modern Diogenes. THE WHITE HORSE. 263 The next morning, contrary to our discipline, we tarried rather longer indormitory, to bathe the stiffness from our wearied limbs in luxurious repose;but work was to be accomplished, and before noon we had crossed theIckleton way (the ancient road), and commenced the ascent of the precipitouschalk hill, upon the summit of which is the very perfect Roman camp, calledUffingdon Castle. This is four-sided as regards the boundary, measuring700 feet from E. to W.; 500 feet from N. to S. It is surrounded with ahigh vallum, and a slighter one on the inside. The views from the innervallum are very extensive. The celebrated figure of the White Horse isupon the north-western face of the hill, and covers upwards of an acre ofground. It is formed by cutting the turf away from the chalk to the depth
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