CRADOCK NOWELL A Tale of the New forest. BY _RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE_, AUTHOR OF “CLARA VAUGHAN”. “You have said: whether wisely or no, let the forest judge”. AS YOU LIKE IT, Act III. Sc. 2. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY. 1866. [_The right of Translation is reserved._] LONDON: PRINTED BY C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND. To the Memory OF MY DEAR FRIEND THOMAS JAMES SCALÉ, THIS WORK (IN WHICH, FROM MONTH TO MONTH, HE TOOK THE KINDEST INTEREST) IS IN GRATITUDE, AFFECTION, AND AFFLICTION, DEDICATED. R. D. B. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. CHAPTER PAGE I. 1 II. 10 III. 17 IV. 26 V. 42 VI. 46 VII. 54 VIII. 66 IX. 75 X. 81 XI. 95 XII. 102 XIII. 113 XIV. 125 XV. 134 XVI. 145 XVII. 158 XVIII. 170 XIX. 185 XX. 195 XXI. 204 XXII. 210 XXIII. 222 XXIV. 239 XXV. 265 XXVI. 281 XXVII. 293 XXVIII. 309 CRADOCK NOWELL CHAPTER I.