. The highlands of south-west Surrey; a geographical study in sand and clay . ald stretches inwaving green—wide, immense. Far as the eyecan see is the chequered variety of cultivatedfields, broken by the darker green of thicklygrowing copses, lying open to the sunlight—aland of fields and woods, and wheat, and is the Fold country, as it is termed here—the country of farmhouses, of the vanished in-dustries of iron and glass-making, whose rawmaterial came from these sandy heights, of quiet,peaceful old-world villages, such as Chiddingfold,Dunsfold, and many another ; the country which
. The highlands of south-west Surrey; a geographical study in sand and clay . ald stretches inwaving green—wide, immense. Far as the eyecan see is the chequered variety of cultivatedfields, broken by the darker green of thicklygrowing copses, lying open to the sunlight—aland of fields and woods, and wheat, and is the Fold country, as it is termed here—the country of farmhouses, of the vanished in-dustries of iron and glass-making, whose rawmaterial came from these sandy heights, of quiet,peaceful old-world villages, such as Chiddingfold,Dunsfold, and many another ; the country whichproduces, we are told, three things in perfection—oaks, wheat, and grass. 8 THE HIGHLANDS OF SOUTH-WEST SURREY South of Blackdown the Weald pushes in along wedge between the sandy highlands to thenorth and south of it. Clay divides sand fromsand, and forms a broken and beautiful tract ofcountry. Here the Southern Highland has itssteepest escarpment, and the waters, drainingrapidly down to fall against the impervious clay,have given rise to many marshy tracts. Marsh. « Green WealdSand Clay is frequent in the lowlands, and generally marksthis junction of sand and clay, and the steepnessof slope from one to the other causes the waterto lie more or less in a basin. The most extensive view is obtained fromBlackdown, the highest point looking south. Theline of the South Downs, with ChanctonburyRing well in view, closes the distance, with—on GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE OF GEOLOGY 9 rare occasions when the atmosphere is particu-larly clear—a glimpse of sea. Blackdown itself isover the boundary, and so is in the county ofSussex. To the west the three counties ofHampshire, Surrey, and Sussex meet in HammerBottom. Westwards there is not the abrupt transitionthat characterizes the eastward view. A generalhigher level is maintained over a hilly Forest, whose name still reminds usthat it was the haunt of wolves, and, beyond,Alice Holt Forest, occupy a large tract of g
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