The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-17

long time after extended as for as Berk-
ing add Dagenham.
In ISIS there were still f.sl0 acres in
the Chadwen and nford wards CT Bark
ing parish. and in 1854 the whole of Hai-
nauIt was reckoned at 4see acres. The
destruction OF this vi-s:n forest. which
food as it stood in the days OF Beadi-
cea, was the deliberate act OF the Lesis-
lature in the middle of the glorious
nineteenth century Here is the history
of it in dry terms Under the act OF
1871 ds ard Is VietD Hainault forest was
disanorested. OF the foa9 acres 1917 were
allotted 60 the crown il leu Of f0restal
and other rights. and what then re-
mained was apportioned as commonable
land among the several parishes 10 rights
Of common. Certain of the lands SO ap-
poTtioned to the parishes OF Barking.
ChigwelL Dagenhsm. Stapleford. Abbots.
and LembourRe were subsequently en-
closed under the provisions Of the En-
closure Acts and allotted in severalty
among the persons entitled. Thus it hap
pened that Hainault. which rivalled Ep-
ping in extent and beauty. was reduced
10 some 399 acres. Of which less than 20
are enclosed. All the rest. with the eX-
eeption Of some parts OF parish com
mon, is under cultivation.
The present scheme is to reverse the
former process and reclaim substantial
portion CT this lost forest. The author
of it and the conductor OF the nago:ia-
tions-with the moral support OF the Com
mons Preservation Society-is BIr. 8ux-
ton. who has long been a vigiiant ard
generous champion OF the preservation OF
nature for the benefit OF the people The
extent OF his success and the amount
of land reclaimed VIII depend on the pub
lie responsce. which so far has been very
encouraging Typographical details with
out map would be merely confusing.
but some idea of the plan can be given.
The negotiations already entered into
cover two separate areas. The nucleus
OF the first IS Lambourne Common,
which consists of 1SS acres OF virgin for
est land. It is here that the gypsies
camp Their number varies, bur, as
rule, runs into several hundreds. on
Saturday they have between sixty and
seventy vans on the green, besides tents
They help themselves to the trees for
hrewood. and their depredations. which
are painfully visible. have long exer-
cised the mind of the Commons Preser-
walton Society. In fact. the necessity Of
getting rid Of the gy,psies has consider
ably stimulated the scheme Ii is pro-
posed TO acquire the timber and the man
orial rights of the common, and 10 add
it to three adjoining plots in a forestal
state, the others are cultivated The
most important is an area of AS acres be-
longing TO the Crown The ground is
high and hiry and commands view
right across the Thames. The remaining
and separate portion is known as Grange
Hill Forest. 1t lies near WoOdford Bridge
and is beautiful. piece of pure forest.
In all there VIII be S46 acres of forestal
and so acres of cultivated land. Mr..
Buxton's idea is not TO plant the latter
with trees but TO lay it down in grass.
and SOW trees or let them SOW them
selves, which they do in a very inter-
estinS manner. Tharns and briers soon
spring up and afford protection to the
young saplings In nearly every patch
may be found young oak or hornbeam.
The trees, IL is to be noted, run eonsid-
erably larger, where they still exist. 81
the Hainault side than in the gr~4%T
part Of Epping forest. There is no1A<s-s
that the whole area win bssr<s ny
tremely beautiful when reafrI. <ceryss -
lies high and will afford gof ~! s~-a=
1t will also be very acce3eS Asw b.
great eastward extensions --~wg 4ssc
tho new Great Eastern loop II ~ "a
der construction. which sss s1sasss
soon after leaving Ilford : 5s.>-z~.
round by Barl1ingside and ChS S~>~'
to woodward Bridge.-JLondon Pines.