M oV N T A lf
Forefts.
plgeba-Qoldured f3. , Near. .therE%zafd'hnid ijriuli-iopt .a£e. r-ock§ of-Jerpen-
tidd'&dcfte&tites, the k^r.; ^ng ;dp|fffitfe4 in a Singular, .variolite, at
Tbrirverton, ’iberi&eem Exfeter and Upton Ryfie. ThcJ. china-ftone, or
petunfi, yfcd in making 'fine porcelain,,is bcrq.a decompofed granite,
the felfpafc having become (oft like lithomarg'a.
The Welch mountains abound in various granites,;with large mafies
o f quartz i and-ferp^lnh.: a French traveller _u,- obferves "a fimilarity
between the fubfiances of the. Welch mountains, and thofe of-Wicklow
in Ireland, whence he infers a primitive junction, t While on the eaft of
England the lirae-ftone ‘ fucceeds the chalk (of which change the noble
promontory" of Elanpborough-hpa-d, already dcfcribed,. affords a ftriking
inftance-) on the coaft towarasrWales^aFe; foqnd^gr-ahite, andno>ther( pri-
mitivetrophs.'.t She W*refein, .about ten -tpiles
chiefly cQmpdfediofheddifhichert',rirpefri3fitek>,'witihiiiidi£fli*s1®|-:h.d~ftonei
bafalt,-. and a kirat^spfi-granite 15. ^ h e gr&atlddahdi&iSt--- oiSfelehrGok-
dale, reftfei :on' indurated cl&y^.whHe.that' -near Baift^pillfQcisiptf^mied^by
black fneeftone, and even the; fpaleagsousi'fre.effono near,. Bathj* ,is' iuter-
fperifed with" numerous, veins of? ep&k' .The.--Maivprn-hihsqa&jihd. &.*W .
o f Worcefterfhire, run N .a n d fk about ten miles, alnSd, afford- many-t granitic
.rocks w ith c f f& tia n d 'hprhfe'lende hate"16. ' J h e f e -few |||q§ices
m u d fuffice on the campobtioik/pf they’^ i^ liS r^ p u n ta in s j;■ a.,-fidjjjdt
which only begins to* a ttra d .tjge-t^tiisnttomq whi-ob 1 qffsd' curiQfity
deferves: | 8
To the reader o f poetry, the■ wordri^^jefey^sith®«j^-ga'.©f o n
replete with thick and tall woods,' interfpe&dcwitferomantic': la^ns
and murmuring rivulets. -But in'England a Ancthno^^a're'of
freest or not unfrequently only prefents a few withered - oaks ; and the
term is even applied to upland downs and heaths.: Many, of the forefts
were, even in the Anglo-Saxon times, "efteemed royal demefnes; -but
the Norman monarchs were fo much addicted to the chace, that jjp-
wards of fixtyiorefts at one time, appertained' to the hrown; o f which
the. chief now -remaining are, the fordfts of Dean, in Gloucefterfhire,
Sherwood, in Nottinghamfhire; Windfpr, in Berkfhire; and the New
13 Pry ce’ s M ineralogy o f Comwal. Mafba'% WdEltfi ^Ebur,* & c.
fP .v!*;riGoquebert Journ. des. Mines." Wm 15 Townfqn’s Trafts, p. I 63'. 16 Ibid. 216.
If I M l| | i 1 Fojreft,
I’oreft, in Hampihikfejn- The.royal fdrefts conftituting fo. large .a part of Forests.
th.c'ikingddu^pof'axdiil’nidl;. nature,, and regulations-dlffercut from other
regions, many grievances!;ja*p:fe, till the! ^Barons/'eixaSted from Henry
III. the. forc'ftiichartcr; in which feveral defpotic laws' .were revoked,
and more; equity extended to the neighbouring .proprietors and
ibnantsi'v I'
‘ Befidcs-t-he principal forefts above-mentioned, other dsftVf f l t f hll re-
tain the- name, asJ Dartmoor-foreft,- in Devonfture; Eafieid-chnfe, in
Middlcfex ;■ Wittiam, and Eppiag|fh^eft,. and that::-of lien aid:, in
1 ,ffe x ; S U vh aucl Wittiehdrough-fctefipf|and Rockinghajih-foreft,- in
Northamptonfliire; j?eakffQr.eft, i-n Derbyfhire 5* Malvern-chafe and
Wyr.c-foreft, in Worccfterfhiie Gan nock-c! 1 afe, and Neidwopd-foi'qft,
in Staffordlhire ; Mogg-foHg, and Glun-foreft, aocfcthat of Hays, Incl '
Mocktree, in Stiropfhire ; Macclesfield-foreft,.'in Ghelhire ; Nether.da.le7 v
foreft, :and.Langfter-chafe;, ‘ in the .Weft Ridipgiof:,!: orklhire ;. the forgll:
q£;G'ajtres,raih(l Arkengar.th and Stainmore, ;uul Leyne, in the North
Riding ; TeeSale and .Wjfi^dalj&T^orafts,.. in. qhe .ehanty of Durham
Rofendalc-forcft, in Lancaflhire.; Sleddell and. h^rfipflAtforpftsi^d^c.
in.W^f^chrelhpdy^eltfd^lei'and-Inglewoo^jTorehs,:!®. Gmp^flfmd. ?
■ Among the numerous fpeciesriof" vegetables.- -which are Natives rf, GeneuP ,
Britain, .fcarcely any. arc adequate, to . the fuftenance and cloathingjof t' ( w ;
man. Our frequent rains, our blafting.wiiids, and the fqatnty. portion nJ-
to which we are Hinted, of the light and. heat of the fun, deprive, us en.-
tirely of thole vegetable treafures, which,, im tlie tropical climates,:offer ,
th. mfel.ves in o'verflowing exuberance^ to 'iatisfy.th.e wants ancl^ luxurious
deftres of' t heir human, inhabitants.. The never-failing, verdure q
of our plains and hills, covered with a. rich caipet o f gtaffes -'and papilionaceous
plants^ fliews hqw admirably... our country- is' qualified for-.the
fupport of graminiYorqMS,t.qdadrupeds,p and we • find aecordinigly that
ourijaheient forefts abounded in. and ro.etd|ei^ a s ' our iefeared. ancl.
cultivated lands do now with fhCep and..cattle. .This ffethihg/gartiality
of-nature, .in thus'Lcanting to.-man t:h,e fupply of vegetabfe'dpdd, while
it is,.pyofufely oftered to; t lic grazing hprds of every kind, b-y obliging ithe
early feitleis in this iflaiid. to. depend« for their fuppprtj principally on.
the flefhtpf animals, gave ihcm ffrohggr motives to p.crfonal exertion.,
than