Berkshire Chronicle Reading 09-1919

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Ant the diteta. thtll the ·entrance I t
tJae --r. to ttl. CNtJe the ftoor
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baa the
t ~ of tb. l ie ".~
Dotru. bef. D~ of the ehalk, tht'~~I"
~. Thia I.e tile . 1II00t famoo .. f -t
the IIt_ C8mj)e in th. ooonty h.... :' .u
ita prDaimit.f to the ·Hor..... 1j~t I< "nfOe tl
lal'f8 u
bury. Here one gtt.!
iii Us best. ~ dOlnl fiowera at th,., r I"'"
tJi.e .turf at Its best. And ther~ I, r,<\ t.
for this bigh t. hilL i.t 8() IItll(>lI t " ;lI ' t
neve~ been colhvated. When th ~ .kll~ at
mit, a8 they did to-dlY. yoo Jet a ,oJ,,,!:,'
view df the downlanda, a. ridal' a I "~r rt~
IO;!II slolling to ·the K!'IUlet. lIOuthw ,,,,I. ' nd
wt'~twarda; aud tqelr V&1lpY8. III'",. '"
whlcb ate dry. are rery fine.
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Of the many thillr ",e 8(Xlk (,
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will onjy refer to Qne. Below li S . .." ib
western rl\.Dlpart-wllere we had l un, t.-r.:
II green J:Oad, from ~he RidR'eway t •• 1I.1ll.
well Caatle. wb ich ls on tb ilrest ,I Ih
SIIlaLl. wood-crcwndl tminDee in II" . 'ol~
oppoeite. For
nte cliatlUH)e d"" /' " WI
eoored with a
' on of ,I. " I", ",'
.deeper than the
h n. From "",,, .:.
maills ",. can ded
much t haI .
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Q of the metliod 0 transport u, .-, II, 'n~
the Nt'Olilliio people wbo built . ." . .. oIl1n k,
the C tIe. alld mll:V: have dug 0,,1 II .. II"""
They are the remaiti$ of pack tr:lI l. IlIn~
before Dum maM \he lP'~at dl 'WX)\"N \ ,,: Ihe
' f ",heel."
he muet ~ve used all !!" d. 10'
the tTwport of merchandi!\e. .\. Ih~1
I\&ceIIded. by the sbort t way to '''.' 'IOp
[rOUl anothec acrOllll the Talley. tit., 1,...1,
....ould dig out. in CC?oree of tirue ,,0' " .....
a 'y- ha~ rut, which' would Ix> ,I. 'ro,1
!DOlt 1Ioted, -u:ntil, lIided by th(> t"n, II',. It
became
deep tlillt a n(>'" tra tl ". III
begun. •
after ~anJ YPIlr, " " I .mld
get a
Bpreadllll( out I ,~ 110. ri
tM!
01 the slope \.<, 11 ,. I r., [
would D (I" t" I". !'fl.
becauee of COOBt irl l' "I r"lr_

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01 agM. Prom th .... , ~'.
lookin, like di t<,Jo,. . 11th.
one !lMolds such a I, .I,.r, .,

are
an
wicker eaa. .
of a'llima Is, ill w hioh
were bW'u 1
The crab trees, eo plentiful
ere t. Attractions for the 1M' . b UI '''''
were steer'P<i safely by. into th O!' 1' 1.-. , ,~t
viUIlK& ot Woolstone. wh~r~ ,1I't' . ,,1):"'111
'm uch-needed refreshment. Thl8 IS a ."fl'!
pretty place. with IlU\Dl tl'66ll. 8 Ull n " I
lIUDlber 01 SIU8eDJl, used a. bounda r) " oil-.
A quaint .ILIlm1l. but 1\ fitting on&. Th., ,,,..
blocb of
ndstone ulually nry bl ~ .. Jot
uaed at Avetiury to oonatruet the " t UII'I ftII "
there. By -people not leuned in t it.. I""
hi tory of the rocb. th_ b10elts "' - ,nd
stone were called
race~. and m cl. " 01 'I,f'
formidable diea to those J)('<)I'I.' "b"
only chalk. When disll<J8('d " ii i ,~,
hillsid • like lIh~p at re~. tbt'y ,\f,·il I
"ar~etbe1'll."

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times. wh.'n

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deriM &Ct'08 the Down • you .. til ~ " II)(
long time to _ . the dteep mo ...• "Ih.
nel:t bill,· iKlAuse you are lookIng ,,' ., or·
aen ; or on tM contrary. ho".llIg II", ,I., ••
I\'r of a little Jmow1edge. you w,1. n· I
have dono. ~int .out a rivl"l' of " "" II . ,"'
a di tant hill-Will enn \xoglD " ". ",'II
diaqui ' tion th~n. - nnd mllY 11 11' "'"''
the. SIIliles of ~
hearers. who
I'·' rll
o'haer ..e them
Oylng do~n , tit .. • "I~'
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th~ fellUUDll of tl", I" ....
of B phot sand which once ~,,\ p, ,I ~
.. ole of the chalk. · af/.d tin! p"ri(l r\ ~,
wmob. .are ~ften foUDd in them ,,-pre d" ,~t·
1_ made 'by the roots of t u ," ~r" ~ III ~

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throu,1I from the soil abo.... to- t~~

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much intereeted in 4 r~
John Sa~d~ ' . puti u-

dre.s. He, it ",a.s,
the oJd ~k bulld·
a echool. and ~t
to tb. Dlemo~
nolr1U!"', _lr~l ~n~led. us til t Uti toll
of " om
happily

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Ch~ese Of perfec~ qualitY ~d :oonWtion
.from,

the .finest.. Colonial Dairies.
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nenth.:
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In some ~ts of the no.n. you r.. 'Ill
find pAtcbes' Qf clay ,persistiag. bu t " II...•
I\U,. spenking, the l&}'ers of sand 1111 01 I"
have diaap~d.
We Ctlught th. homeward tra ll\
' ,m
Ufti.ogton by the barest ' ~'1(in. nll,1 ,,, I,
tbe eDOOul'I\8iDI thougM. ~f th~ fi ll,' ' 'U'
we hoped to have I\t Loekinge Pnt "
'N
UI to e&t uide aU feelings -of W('O" III , ' ~..I,
to pr
on.. r<is to our burn, in III" 11
be at the Pea~ oelebrntions at 11'1\ ·1 :,.,.
mOUlent before tee-time. This \I ,' "",llaged ' a gre&.t time fol.lowed ; the ~ ,,,J,
wllillh we had often explored llet' nh" I "
diatlnctively to belong to lI~tber
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beaut,. now they ",_ occnpled b\' .. "..I
hundreds of p">ple. moving easil y, . '"
the 1DtIII/lel' born. among the ftowO!'r ~ ,I, n·
and along the tenftCa. both as po'!' ,'';'
human art can make tblllI1.
Hil i "hat
cr~wned I\nd in 1\ real aen
hallu~'>o1 'h'
f~tival.' ,,·a. the presence of the Itl '~
ladY. from wh08e face tbere never . ,"
to 'be a~nt a wondefu1 mile iJ(I' til "nl
~f the exceeding pleasure ~ hu ", b. ·'n ~
l\.Dlong her own people on til· day ": ol ,\"',
"This Willi our lut ilvening at & . 1''' ,n,
80 ....e took Ule tint DP.POrtunity ,h"n
offered to IIteal ",a, for a ft'w '" ,"
to visit tne NOrJD8n doo!: .at th e ' I, ,> , a i'l'l'at
Before the d o....·
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all
tiring; ereryolle

gathpr i,!f( I " "It I.
our usual, tt mr I no..

86elDro radian II,\' 10 ,"pv
P rha@s,. ifwehad· known weshou ld'"
noticed .: very contented 1oak on t h,' .' " ,"
of one of th lpd; for he h1ld sE'C">I,, I ,n
bisJ'acket pock~ a alice of Cl\h to. \ ~:'~
joy
next morJUDC. W. DlIgllt .al;o , 'k
\lIldeflltood the unit u 1 care WIt h "",Ii"
he olded that ooo.t aDd to....ed It ~.!' '' tll{
oot of the resch of other. behjnd h I- It II .
as he lay in bed.
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Next morning, bring cleared up. p," . I
our cart. nnd lIlid
to t b,' :' ~:i
people at Betterton 1I0U1ls. we oe ""." I' I
three d 18' ",alk to ~ading . };." ""
c8-rwnb looked and felt v~ fit for t 10 .. :o n~
in the pure air of the Do""" , I~"
showed in their attire th e nel'd JII' ,they were directed to \x>nc1 ovr 'l '
d.
and cotton ruon' or ' ..
an
spite 0 ODe or t" I)
d~::l~~~i..!I::.~~~~te:D:deriap the
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"~~~1.~~::!~~~ apparentlr'"
he had
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he ""0 hlI.d M''''
OIl the prl!Tiou, Il,~h l .
ooc:kets. it W'8 It .,,\~, n~
fashion nowadayof' l"Uf~
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our though"
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