Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-19

unloosing, every Easter Monday, " tat,
befibboned stag, which ambles annually
about the Forest. followed by hundreds
Of London quasi-hunismen, q lot Of
happy friendly ours and perhaps ten
thousand East End fagamuliins who fall
over each other mernly and madly IN
the general scramble through the shad.
owy forest glades.
Henry the Third was the first severe.
ign to give the mayor and citizens Of
London the privilege Of sporting in the
royal forest, and thus It gradually grew
into a vast common. But there we're no
legally defined rights. BY 1871 subur.
ban cncroachmontg and enclosures had
extended so rapidly that less than A. 600
acres OF Epping Forest remained. "A
great popular agitation against is dimin.
ution followed. This resulted In the
corporation Of London, under authority
Of an act OF parliament, and at an ex-
pensc to the present time OF about three
quarters Of a million pounds, by pur-
chase OF immortal rights aud other pro.
cedures, recovering several thousand
acres which had been enclosed
! The entire area, amounting TO about
6.ooo acres, which stretches away To the
northeast Of London on the western
border OF Essex, from Wanstead 20 the
town Of Eppiug, a distance Of about
twelve miles, was publicly declared
forever free 10 the people" by the
Queen, who appeared at the Forest In
person, before a concourse OF fully 70o,-
600 Londoncrs. on May o, 1854. Since
that time portions Of the tract have been
measupbly beautiied and improved.
but the chici glory Of EppIng Forest is
IN It's actual primeval character. Scarce
~ an acre Of It's surface has ever been
touched by spade or pillow. Old Roman
camps are within Il shaded by the self
same trees which clustered about them
nearly 7,ooo years ago; and the turf upon
the earihwork where Boadicca, Queen
Of the lceni, was defeated by Suetouius,
with 5000 Btitons slain, since II recciv.
ed that mighty feast Of bloc I, save ior
the prodding Of an,iquarians, has never
been disturbed
AZ Chingiord, on the western slope Of
the Forest. we gave Bolivar as famous
stahling as could be found, lct Sprai 10
bring ON the hampers at u seasonablc
hour 10 the woods between Queen Eliza
bcths lodge and Connaugn lake, and
set out for genuine costcrs enjoyment Of
the Forest Back towards London for
several miles we had only seen patches
Of woods and coppiccs 20 our right.
Here at Chingiord the real Forest
begins.
lem and Becky, already within It's &C.
cusiomed spell, pressed forward to is
heights with Increasing speed, out
stretched hands and radiant iacesnnd as
] saw them lar IN advance, ] could not
but think Of the old prints Of Pilgrim
when his burden fell.
We were at once In the thickest OF H.
not OF the Forest, but Of the mighty
thrOng. Avenues upon avenues OF East
endefs stretched In every direction. Il
was now after noon, the Saturday half
holiday. joyous, glorious day withal.
and Il seemed that from all ways leading
from London aud near outlying towns
great tides OF humanity came sweeping
on. each one greater than the one before
Il, and AL finally merging at the edge OF
the woods and over the open spaces in
scething masses OF motion and color II
was like the action OF incoming sca-tidcs
breaking upon a shallow, shingly beach.
No one can understand the completely,
the irrcpfessibiIity, the yastness OF a
London holiday crowd until the greater
portion Of these 10000 or $50. 600 souls
can be seen here M a glance moving
upon and almost sioming this ancient
] NnIiINAk AAlfnA Nn ilNNNNtH T. ~ JACK ms
the eye can reach hundreds upon hun.
drcds Of outlandish Essex shandrydans,
as many traps and gigs, Whitcchapel
omnibusgs millefs' and butchers, carts
brewer vans and costers carts are
moving towards you, around and be
tween which countless thousands OF folk
aloot, concentrating from highways. from
lanes and from ioolpalhs across the
fields, fare masscd In seemingly inexlri,
. cable confusion. For an instant there {,
something like terror Ia such scene
! cannot tell why, but In Il and through
Il ! again saw what ! looked upon al
/ but thirty years ago, when Sherman
cruel edict cmpucd Atlanta of all iu
people, and lett their homes In flames.
But those were faces set and white
these, bright and mbicund and broat
with endless smiles. And In this respect
your London "outer" differs from al
, other folk on earth. No matter whether
. he be great or humble, the moment hi,
face is turned toward the fields or In,
sea he Is bundle OF quivering sym
pathies, responsive In kind TO ever,
form Of mith, to the most vagarou'
Incident or accident Of situation or con
, dition, and gives back a hundred iolC
. every kindly look that nature can be
, stow. lie may be rough and uncoutl
In what he says and does but he ha,
left all care behind and makes in every
I moment OF his holiday hours, even hi
untoward eNigency and defeat, place
= for unctious mirth and hearty cheer.
What are the amusements OF this yas
army OF men and women and lads ant
, lasses2 Chiefly IN wallowing, and ! use
. the expression literally in the sun and
. shade Of Epping Forest. Thousand,
, upon thousands have brought theft
. hampers or baskets as we have done
/ Then, In great splatches OF color, thcy
. group and heap themselves In wriggling
, punches OF enjoyment over field, upon
hrac In cool recess, IN shady avenue
upon grassy meadow, IN deep woot
, glade, and actually wallow in the ancient
Forest turf and soil. They wander and
stroll and leap and race, and shout ano
sing and dance, and turn handspring
and somefsaults, and cavou and PR
ouette and act like half mad folk Just "a,
/ they do at Hampstead Heath, while IN,
bands roar and the crowds halIol, ant
mounted police and Forest verde,er,
/ look on with benign smiles nt the unres'
trained and understandable enjoyment
Turn where you may, rom lhlnglort
six miles north TO Ripping, or rom Beab
I Hin three miles east TO Loughton, thy
. same wild scenes OF physical and men al
I abandon aud citation are repeated. Ier
thousand children are chasing butterIlic,
like eNultant naturIlsts, More than ter
thousand lads are swinging from haw
thorn limbs, shouting from the cIumpct
tops OF pollard oaks, or routing the bird'