Sherwood Forest -- In a very different State to New Forest -- Celebrated as the Scene of Robin Hood’s Exploits -- the Norman Kings, especially John, fond of Hunting there -- Formerly of great Extent; containing Nottingham, Mansfield, Annesley, Newstead, etc. -- Its Constitution and Affairs -- Curious Fact regarding the Byrons and Chaworths -- Present Extent of the Forest -- Bilhaghe an unique and impressive Remains of a Portion of it -- Birkland a beautiful Tract of Birch Woodland -- Its Fairyland Character -- Concluding Remarks 380 CHAPTER IV. Forest Enclosures -- Injuries to the Arts, Manufactures, and the Intellectual Taste of the Public to be apprehended from such Enclosures -- Logic of Lawyers and Land-Surveyors -- Open Lands needed for Public Enjoyment -- that Open Lands are Unproductive, shewn to be a very false Notion -- the Unchristian Principle on which Enclosures have been conducted -- Enclosures inimical to our National Interests -- Numbers who seek the Refreshment of Summer Visits to our Forests, Coasts, Moors, and Mountains -- the Utilitarian Enclosures of certain Lands recommended 388 CHAPTER V. Wild English Cattle -- Places where they still exist -- Bewick’s Description of them -- the Author’s Visit to Chillingham Park in 1836, to see the great Herd -- Lord Tankerville’s Account of them 393 PART VI. HABITS, AMUSEMENTS, AND CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE. CHAPTER I. Cottage Life -- Wide Space between the Life of the Hall and that of the Cottage -- the Routine of the Labourer’s Life -- a Blow aimed at his Domestic Security -- a Highland Hut -- a Night passed in one -- Abodes of Poverty called Rookeries -- the Beauty of English Cottages in some Parts of England -- a Thought on seeing such by Professor Wilson -- Delightfulness of some of the Cottages of the Wealthy and Refined 402 CHAPTER II. Popular Festivals and Festivities -- Sketch of their History -- of Catholic Origin -- The great Change in the Public Taste regarding them traced to the Reformation -- Subsequent co-operating Causes pointed out -- the Intellectual Character of the Popular Taste still Progressive 414 CHAPTER III.