M Malmesbury, William of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (_foot-note_); on the death of William II., 93, 94 (_foot-note_), 95 (_foot-note_); on the physical appearance of William II., 99 (_foot-note_). Map, Ordnance, mistake of the, 128 (_foot-note_). Mapes, Walter, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24. Mark Ash Wood, 17. Mead, made in the New Forest, 184. Merlin, breeding of the, in the Forest, 267, 268 (_foot-note_); weight of supposed egg of, 161, 264. Middle Marine Bed, the, at Mineway, 237, 238. Milford, church of, 150, 151. Millaford Brook, the, 83, 90. Mills in the New Forest, comparative value of, by _Domesday_, 29; rented by a payment of eels, in _Domesday_, 119 (_foot-note_). Milton, words used by, now provincialisms, 191. Milton, village of, mentioned in _Domesday_, 148 (_foot-note_). Minestead, 92. Monastery, average library of a, 65 (_foot-note_); life in a, 72, 73. Monmouth’s Ash, 122. Monmouth, capture of, 122; writes to James, the Queen Dowager, and the Lord Treasurer, 123. Moon-Hill Woods, the, 75. Morefalls, the Lord Treasurer, Southampton, on the evils of granting, 43, 44 (_foot-note_). Moyles Court, 120, 121. Moyne, William le-, tenure of, at Lyndhurst, 87. Mudeford, 146. N Natan-Leaga, the name preserved, 33. Nation, history of a, how best read, 224; its æsthetic life, how best determined, 224, 225. Nature, beauty the end and aim of, 5; her care for trees, 10; the proper spirit with which to see, 19. Natural history, its value, 235, 276. Needsore, 54; derivation of, 165. Netley Abbey Church, ruins of, 49; fort, 49, hospital, 50. New Forest, the; its connection with our history, 3; scenery of, 4; trees of, 16, 17; in the winter, 18; its boundaries in the reign of Edward I., 20, 21; its afforestation by William I., 21; value of land in _Domesday_, 29; geology of, 4, 10, 29, 30, 234-249; botany of, 250, 257 (_see_ also Appendix II., 289); ornithology of, 258-276 (_see_ also Appendix III., 307); churches of, 4; the first and second perambulations of, 40; character of the second perambulation of, 41, 42; hills of, 10; its former woody nature proved by the local nomenclature, 33; general character of, 11; in the time of the Normans, 12, 13; changes in, 12; granted as security by Charles I. to his creditors, 42; its neglected state under the Stuarts, 43, 44; William III. legislates for, 44; statistics of, 40, 47 (_foot-note_); present management of, 47 (_foot-note_); assart lands in, granted by James I., 42; hurricane in, 44; ethnology of, 160, 161; smuggling in, 169, 170; deer-stealing in, 171;