[Illustration: The New Forest from Bramble Hill (Sunrise)] THE NEW FOREST: ITS _History and its Scenery._ BY JOHN R. WISE. [Illustration: Old Oak in Boldrewood] With 63 Illustrations drawn by Walter Crane, engraved by W. J. Linton, And Two Maps. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER, AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. M.DCCC.LXVII. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE Preface vii I. Introductory 1 II. Its Scenery 7 III. Its Early History 20 IV. Its Later History 39 V. Calshot Castle and the Old South-Eastern Sea-Coast 49 VI. Beaulieu Abbey 60 VII. The South-Western Part.—Brockenhurst, Boldre, Sway, Hinchelsea, and Burley 74 VIII. The Central Part.—Lyndhurst 85 IX. Minestead and Rufus’s Stone 91 X. The Northern Part.—Stoney Cross, Bramble Hill, Fritham, Bentley, Eyeworth, Studley, and Sloden 109 XI. The Valley of the Avon.—Fordingbridge, Charford, Breamore, Ibbesley, Ellingham, and Ringwood 116 XII. The Valley of the Avon (_continued_).—Tyrrel’s Ford, Sopley, and Winkton 125 XIII. Christchurch 129 XIV. The Old South-Western Seaboard.—Somerford, Chewton Glen, Hurst Castle, and Lymington 145 XV. The Gipsy and the West-Saxon 158 XVI. The Folk-Lore and Provincialisms 172 XVII. The Barrows 196 XVIII. The Roman and Romano-British Potteries 214 XIX. The Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books 226 XX. The Geology 234 XXI. The Botany 250 XXII. The Ornithology 258