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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
OF FORESTS IN GENERAL
The Woods in Spring, Summer, and Winter. Forests and Civilisa-
tion. Right of English Kings to Forests
CHAPTER II.
ENGLISH FORESTS IN THE DAYS OF THE BRITONS, ROMANS, SAXONS,
AND NORMANS.
The Druids in English Forests. Religion of the Druids. Forests
under the Romans and Saxons. First Forest-Laws. Decay of
Forests
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CHAPTER III.
PARTICULAR ACCOUNTS OF FOREST-TREES.
The Oak. Animals found in Trees. The Abbot's and Winfarthing
Oaks. The Shelton and Elizabethan Oaks. The Sidney Oak.
Turpin's and Charles's Oak. The Bale Oak. The Nannau Oak.
Poplar and Willow. The Ash. The Larch and Lime. The Elm.
Sycamore, Walnut, and Beech. Hazel-Nuts and Nutting. The
Aspen. The Alder, Plane-tree, Maple, and Hawthorn. The Holly
and Forest Heath. The Yew. Leaves of Trees
CHAPTER IV.
WINDSOR FOREST AND CASTLE.
View from Windsor Castle. Herne's Oak. Ballad of Herne the
Hunter. The Forest. Snow Hill. Virginia Water. Classic
Temple. Large Trees in Windsor Forest. Pope's Residence in
Windsor Forest. Sir John Dively. George III. and the Dump-
lings
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80
CHAPTER VI.
WINDSOR CASTLE.
Queen Elizabeth and Windsor.
and Countess of Salisbury.
Order of the Garter. Edward III.
Imprisonment of Lord Surrey. St.
George's Chapel. Burial of Charles I. Burial of Queen Adelaide 114
CHAPTER VII.
FORESTS OF EPPING AND HAINAULT.
Hunting in Epping Forest. Waltham Abbey. Burial-place of Harold.
Defeat of Boadicea. Leyton, Ruckholts, and Wanstead. Havering
atte Bower. Reminiscences of Hainault Forest
.. 130
CHAPTER VIII.
THE NEW FOREST. THE NORMAN KINGS. BEAULIEU AND NETLEY ABBEYS.
GEORGE III. AND THE GIPSIES. ANIMALS.
Cruelty of William the Conqueror. Death of William Rufus. Beau-
lieu Abbey. Netley Abbey. Schools in New Forest. George III.
and the Gipsies. New-Forest Horses. New-Forest Timber. Groan-
ing Tree. Yew-Tree at Dibden. Topography of the Forest .
CHAPTER IX.
DARTMOOR FOREST.
Anecdotes of Dartmoor Forest. Wistman Wood. Story of Edgar and
Elfrida. Superstitions about Pixies. The outwitted Fox. Witches
153
and Witchcraft.
Storm at Dartmoor
179
CHAPTER X.
THE FOREST OF DEAN.
The Dane and the Saxon. Wars of time of Charles I. Cider-making.
Roman Remains. Views in the Forest. Free Miners .
194
CHAPTER XI.
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE FORESTS.
Witches of Pendle Forest. Old Pendle Ballad. Delamere Forest in
Roman times. Abbey of Vale Royal. Relics found at Leasowe.
Hundred of Wirroll. Theory about Submarine Forests
. 207
Character of the Borderers. Hardwick-Forest Law. Story of the
Abbot of Whitby.
Forest of Gaultries
Knaresborough Forest and Hatfield Chase.
243
CHAPTER XIV.
MISCELLANEOUS AND MINOR FORESTS.
Charnwood Forest. Needwood Forest. Whittlebury Forest. Mar-
riage of Edward IV. Salcey Forest. Wychwood Forest. St.
Leonard's Forest. Ashdowne Forest. Tilgate Forest .
CHAPTER XV.
FOREST-LAWS AND HUNTING PRACTICES.
254
Forest-Laws of Henry III.
Anecdotes of James I.
Queen Elizabeth's love of Hunting.
Fondness of Scotch Kings for Hunting.
The Clergy and Hunting. Long-Bow and Arrows.
Archery
Skill in
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The Daisy, Violet, and Primrose. The Anemone and Wood-Sorrel.
Hyacinth and Harebell.
Wild Strawberry, Dead-Nettle, Wild
Rose, and Foxglove
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