this country, inferior to few. He was elected member in seven parliaments, and therein showed himself, (like many of his ancestors,) a lover of liberty and independence. He served his country at his own expense; not served himself at the expense of his country:" -an inscription which deserves to be written in letters of gold. He died in 1715, aged fifty.

Henry Eyre, esq. of the Middle Temple, third son of Sir Giles, was a considerable benefactor to the free school in this parish. He died in 1704, aged thirty-eight.

Quitting Whiteparish, we pass the seventh stone, and observe, on the right, a rich and beautiful mass of wood scenery, with a grand forest back ground. On the left we pass the lodge and gate of CowSFIELD.

Beyond the sixth stone is an open common. On the right is MELSHET PARK. On the left is the airy boarding-school of Mr. Foote, at SHERFIELD ENGLISH.

We have now re-entered Hampshire. Descending a hill, we see, on the left, SHERFIELD HOUSE, the mansion of James Lockhart, esq. in whose grounds an elegant building is erected in honour of the late Warren Hastings.

Beyond the fourth stone, we have a distant view on the right. After this the road is close, and the country cultivated, till we reach DUNWOOD HILL, where the prospects are extensive.

Just beyond the second stone, we pass, on the right, the lodge and gate of EMBLEY HOUSE, the seat of Thomas Freeman Heathcote, esq. one of the present representatives of the county. Afterward, on the left, is SPARSHOLT TOWER, the property of Lord Palmerston.

From Sparsholt hill we have a fine view of Romsey and the surrounding country, with the house and grounds of BROADLANDS, the seat of Lord Palmerston. We now descend to ROMSEY. For the description of this town, and the road between it and Southampton, the reader is referred to the next chapter.

CHAPTER VII.

From Southampton to Romsey, Mottisfont, Chilworth, &c.

At FOURPOSTS, (mentioned before, page 9,) we take the second road on the right. A lane brings us to SHIRLEY COMMON, where the principal object is SHIRLEY HOUSE, a handsome substantial mansion, with excellent gardens, commanding pleasing views of the surrounding country.

Having passed a second lane, we see SHIRLEY MILL, a manufactory of iron spades and shovels. The laberious process of flattening the metal is expedited by means of a large hammer worked by a water-wheel. Shirley occurs in Domesday-book, under the name of Sirelei. It is there mentioned as having a church, a mill, and a fishery.

Hence we proceed over what was formerly NUTSHALING COMMON, great part of which has been enclosed; and the various fruits of tillage now gladden the eye,

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which was lately tired with a rugged tract of unprofitable heath. The benefit of cultivating waste land is strongly exemplified on several parts of this common; which, though they were thought to offer little encouragement to an encloser, have already produced crops equal to any in the neighbourhood. The whole of this extensive tract is in one of the manors of Sir Charles Mill, bart. who has greatly improved his estate, by affording encouragement to enclosing and building. The land is in general let for three lives, on a moderate fine.

In the summer of 1795, a camp was formed on this common. Previously to its breaking up, the regiments which composed it were reviewed by the prince of Wales and the duke of York. Soon after this, they embarked at Southampton, for the West Indies. There, and on the ocean, the fate which they experienced is too well known. Thousands were the victims of pestilential disease; and of the whole of that fine and healthy army, not more than a sickly handful returned to their native shores. A second camp was formed here in July, 1799; but the regiments had been scarcely three weeks on the ground, when they were summoned to embark for Holland, on that expedition, the disasters of which, at the Helder, are still fresh in memory.

On the right, screened from the road by a wood, in a little valley, stands a cottage which was the favourite retreat of the late benevolent Dr. Cogan, joint founder of the Humane Society. Here, at a very advanced period of life, yet in vigorous health, he sought, in agricultural experiments, that amusement which the great Roman orator recommends in the person of his patriotic and

amiable Cato. In the early part of his life, Dr. Cogan had been a candidate for the pastorship of the Independent congregation at Southampton. He afterwards relinquished theology for medicine; yet retaining that taste for ethical studies, the fruits of which are before the public.

• Between the third and fourth milestones, a road turns, on the left, to NUTSHALING, a pleasant village. The church is about a mile distant. It is ancient; and consists of a nave and chancel, with a chapel on the south side, and a small spire over the entrance.

In the chapel is an elegant monument, in high preservation, to Sir Richard Mille, knight of the garter, who died in 1613, aged sixty.

Under an arch, adorned emblems, reclines the

The monument is of marble. with various ornaments and knight, in black armour, gilt. He is represented with mustachios, and a small square beard. His countenance is pleasant. Below him, in the same posture, is the figure of a comely lady, attired in a close garment, with an extremely sharp waist, and hips extravagantly raised. About her neck is a ruff; and on her head a white coif, broad behind, and open in front, exposing her hair, which is turned back. In her hand is a little book.

Near this monument, are buried several of the family of Knollys, formerly of Grove Place.

On the pavement, at the corner of this chapel, is a flat stone, with a curious Latin epitaph, on brass, to Andrew Mundy, esq. whose life is said to have afforded a pattern of fidelity, charity, prudence, and piety. It is