Beeches, measurements of, in the Forest, 16 (_foot-note_). Bees, folk-lore about, 181. Bellus Locus, former name of Beaulieu, 62. Bentley Wood, North, 113. Beteston Roger, tenure of, at Eyeworth, 114. Bible, words in the, now provincialisms, 193. Birds, bones of, discovered amongst the foundations of the Priory Church, Christchurch, 14 (_foot-note_); _see_ Ornithology. Bishop’s Ditch, 79. Black Bar, large mound at, 210. Blackheath Meadow, Roman pottery at, 210. Boghampton, village of, 127. Boldre, derivation of, 80; church, 79. Books, at Beaulieu Abbey, just before the dissolution, 65 (_foot-note_). Botany of the Forest, 250-257; contradictions in the, 251; characterized by its soil, 251, 252; bog-plants, 252; _carices_ abundant, 252; its position under Watson’s system, 253, 254; its trees, 254; its St. John’s Worts, 254, 255; its ferns, 255, 256; other plants, 256, 257. (_See_ Appendix II., 289.) _Bottom_, meaning of the word, 187. Bowles, Caroline, married to Southey at Boldre church, 80. Bouvery Farm, 69. Bramble Hill, oaks at, 16; view from, 111. Bramshaw, village of, 111. Bratley Wood, 113. Bratley Plain, barrows upon, 113, 199-205. Breamore, village of, 119. Brinken Wood, 83. Brockenhurst, derivation of, 75; tenure at, 76; church, 77; scenery round, 78. Brook Beds, the, 245, 246. Brook Common, 111. Buckholt, in _Domesday_, 51 (_foot-note_). Buckland Rings, Roman coins found at, 154; described, 199. Burgate, village of, 120. Burleigh, Lord, his advice to his son, 1, 2. Burley, 82; Lodge, 83. Bustard, last seen in the Forest, 14 (_foot-note_). Butt’s Ash Lane, barrows near, 197 (_foot-note_), 211 (_foot-note_). Butt’s Plain, barrows on, 209. Buzzard, Honey, breeding habits of, 262-265; weight of the eggs of the, 264 (_foot-note_); common, breeding of the, 265, 266.