The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

and has come down a. woodland 70 Tia
present day Hardicanuts nnosted camp
and earthw orke lie In a corner cf H. Apd IL
u bs.lIeve-i that this ancient camp " -
used again IN the civil war ~ the seven
teenth century
The Is.rIliar CONDITION 81 these trees.
revealed IN the picture il due 10 the an
cient prs CtIca ~ pollsrding ~ beheading
them Tho beech vas esteemed greatly
- fr-NoCd IN ancient tipes and the trees
of this forest were behsaded ~ nine feet
from III" ground. the growing branches
thereafter being C'it oT At intervals Of
tN~nty yeas The polls rcing prolonged
the trees life. and though the cutting Rur
wood ceased 20 years aEo. the trunks sttN
stand and uphold enormous branches
WhiCh grew after the age Of wood fuel had
paSsed PRIOR Ia the early part Of the
nineteenth century the land ON which the
be~che- stand was IN the possession % one
n mily for four centuries
That was the Eyre family. Who held the
land when n was included in the Manor az
Allerds When the male line ran out
Early IN the last century the forest and
common ~ va acres in which the fArautla
beeche- are comprised was bought By
ord Granville, from whose Successors Stv
Henry Peck 81 R"usden. Devon. bought
q and sold it ~ cost 20 the Corporation of
london
sheridan and the Beauty OF Bath. 0roes.
Nacaulay. BeacOnsfeld and Jenny Land
ann hennei~~ohh are te~ of We people
widely known IN the world who have fen
the beauty " this place and spent much
time the-~. and a monument 10 MeudsIs-
-ohn once stood near one ~ the drives.
Here IL what t'rsy said 80 Horace Walpela
IT the spot
= have az the distance OF half a mil.
through a green lane a forest all my own
Roth hill and vale are covered with unoNf
venerable heeches and other very reverend
vegetables that. like most other sncisp.
people. are always dreaming ont their CD
storier 10 the uind~ -
It's I55 years since the poet wrote that.
but the -reverend vsgesables- dream
out their old stories still to-day and 60
sturdy are they even IN decay that nothing
modern can detract from their vsnerabls
atmosphere. Around them and among
them grow oaks and b.rches even in PLACES
which a century ago were occupied bv
soma OF the aged monarchs which have
within that time succumbed. Sometimea
an acorn seems 20 have lodged in a ssarn
OF one Of the bseches where the winds
and the rain have supplied good crow
ing ground. for an oak and a beech are
growing ~ one tree and " has come 80
he known a. the Adam and Eve tree.
Truckmen may be found in the summe~
in tho shade ~ this forest eating their
meals VA comfort. and having tnke-
thought also for their beasts. perhnps
because OF tho b~nsvolant and charttalls
aspect Of the ancient place. for tho horses
viii De tOunn To nave been unhATnen9e1
10 that they too may take their food IN
comfort and az ease. Near by or w.,
= more secluded nook an automobila
may ~ seen. backed IN among tho undsv-
growth and clear Of the road. the engine
silencsd and the automObilisfs taxing
tea at n table they have st M Within
the cool shadows.
However. you nesd no automobile, nor
yet 50 carry tea OF luncheon. Tor just az
the edge Of the forest. arTDse a common
that offers a picture AZ sery turn ~ ths
way. n an inn covered from thu RrosiHd
tn the very edge Of the roof with flower
ing vines no ls'xurthnf that the windows
of its two stories are embTasuyed IN tha
depth 81 tho foliage. In crossing tha
common the wanderer paases amid
bTacksn, gorss and purple heather. And
may fndun patches % bog mOas now ard
then an JArhid. A. the rear 81 the mn.
Granville Isodge. there ~ broad lAW0
with the softest NJ velvet and there you
NAV have yolIr tea quite as pleasantly
~ though u had be~n brought out w
an automobile. tn the garden too \ q
memorial oE Mendelnsohn, though En-
stOns ereCtsd 70 the cOmp0sey's miouhpEV
on the yictoria drive . tha f@ess y ~
longer u,eRo. -