New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-30
LONDOy'S GREAT EPPING FORET PAKh'


No other city in tho world has such precious OG
possession as London has in hi, forest Of Eppng::
n hoa % 70 remain SGHSm ' wacr" on the oGs Of
vast city, and given over for all time 70 en VII, Forest
let the fashion say what 1t may There are no s ,vl
paths and trimmed gorcnS and gconr,rciu law roy
Wild and with the abundance and variety ana ,lf d
sweet charm that Is known only In Sontherh En- viii
Nou free 10 roam through th" place al lo,a rav
To picnic there. TO make aS merry ~ loNH'". INNER
who know how 70 take true adNantaS" Oh arliddine
you to do this. that and the other i"u III ON
may and romp and shout and DO a"y'""s ''A
The country spreads all around the forest; From
cmincnccS have said you can ~ Ioi ertfoTd.
shire the side and To the surrey miH vi Nd
other. and behold fair specimen OF E nl is he
remaining agmrnt Of the great Woodland Nin' .;
within the historic period covered The grh'' dgm u
Southern England In the long ago ms H"SH.n'
was SET apart bv royal decree or othr - ggerS
lie land. And the people who dwell on is "p REV
were allowed 10 let their livestock erazc over 90.
land and the SascGSs w prr@Sa TO- a Ss
lion pressed I'm on every side. audaconN folk sqas
here and there the land, and the forest "'e" "'
So II bccl that dozen OF fifteen years ago the 1Ur 1871.
est WAS IN r., %%n' had "" sS~n ho%scySs ano
airs. and they claimed manorial rightS, AZ" s, a..
wSrS many ' "ppS. and Topping Of the
went on. but the rights of pa'tnrase anu III e land
was inciosci until finally there came about gre %,.
oritotion forced by tho action OF the con-
moner who had meanwhile paid dearly ehonsa IA ~.
his Mains What was evc-ybodv's business was Nv"
hody's concern, and 50 all public rights were W T
fair way 10 LAPSE. But this commoRer OF WHOM =
sneak had taken the trouble 10 Investigate the h'y
of thc business and he persisted I'm pastlrins "a
cattle I'm the forest The manorial gentry wrns.
him off Int he took no heed Of their WARNINGS ipsss
believed I'm all probability. that they were right "a
Lnnw he was He broke down some fences hu
nrned his cattle In the Enclosures There were hIu.
ncfrectunl warnings Then the worthy man ""'
tried for trcspass and sent To jail. ,s,.
To mike u long story short, there vas Niso'o%.
ariaton I'm the clghbOrlood. and. acting upon ~
vice the c0mmonerS I'm body turned ont ana pi"ss
down MS many fences they could lay manu-. ~
Then they approached the corporation of the cN a.
Iondon and pciioncd that wealthy and powerful p'ay
10 support them In the cndeavor to wrest the ,oIuS
which was fast being given over to private l""u,'
from the possession Of those who had or whos. ~ W."
cestors pre-emped IL. and to preserve the iana ~
ru,lIc use The corporation took up the lue'uon
nd fought II ri great expense. and they won me 'ase
for the public. the good fellow who id " ,ne
n test case an his own account had at least 'ne
pleasure OF vindicatIon. ,,
There injustice done TO people VINO nau w ere
tied on the land In mos, cases the tltlcS No.
known by them to he defective. hut wherever tnr
fair cause there was compensation ,o ?" ot a
city OF London eventually obtained possession %,
v,ry large tract OF the forest and there were m nv
acres presented to The public by persons WHO nao &
long settlement. acquired some fair Iisnt 20 nrh
session. Now there 1000 acres oI pn"" P~'-
land known as Epplns Forest.