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... hundred and twenty forests in England and Scotland ; but even the vestiges of most of them are now obliterated , and the traces of them only to be found in old maps . - Every lover of Sylvan Scenery must regret the de- struction of ...
... hundred and twenty forests in England and Scotland ; but even the vestiges of most of them are now obliterated , and the traces of them only to be found in old maps . - Every lover of Sylvan Scenery must regret the de- struction of ...
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... hundred , and never lost his eye - sight , or used spectacles . He got on horse- back without help , and rode to the death of the stag , ' till he was past fourscore . " Perhaps the late Sir John Cope was the last old English sportsman ...
... hundred , and never lost his eye - sight , or used spectacles . He got on horse- back without help , and rode to the death of the stag , ' till he was past fourscore . " Perhaps the late Sir John Cope was the last old English sportsman ...
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... half way up the Christian era . It was formerly a noble tree , and beneath its shade , which overspread an area of three hundred feet in circuit , an annual fair used to be held THE FOREST OF DEAN . 15 on the 2nd of 14 HAINAULT FOREST .
... half way up the Christian era . It was formerly a noble tree , and beneath its shade , which overspread an area of three hundred feet in circuit , an annual fair used to be held THE FOREST OF DEAN . 15 on the 2nd of 14 HAINAULT FOREST .
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... hundred miles of green drives have to a certain extent disappeared . Many of the old pollards have been cut down and disposed of as fire- wood , and the whole face of the country has been changed . Some of the old pollards , however ...
... hundred miles of green drives have to a certain extent disappeared . Many of the old pollards have been cut down and disposed of as fire- wood , and the whole face of the country has been changed . Some of the old pollards , however ...
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... hundred bucks a year . He had a ready market for his venison , for it is an old forest adage- " non est inquirendum unde venit venison . " The immediate neighbourhood of Windsor Great Park is rich in varied woodland Scenery . There are ...
... hundred bucks a year . He had a ready market for his venison , for it is an old forest adage- " non est inquirendum unde venit venison . " The immediate neighbourhood of Windsor Great Park is rich in varied woodland Scenery . There are ...
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