12/21 The passenger from Harting to the railway has on his right, immediately opposite the 'Severals' wood, Gilbert White's Farm, extending nearly to the station. White had also other Harting lands. These were upon the Downs, viz.:--a portion of the Park of Uppark on the south side, and a portion of Kildevil Lane, on the North Marden side of Harting Hill. Gilbert White was on his mother's side a Ford, and these lands had been transmitted to him through his great uncle, Oliver Whitby, nephew to Sir Edward Ford." [Sidenote: THE OLD FIELD ROUTINE] A glimpse of the old Sussex field routine, not greatly changed in the remote districts to-day, was given to Mr.Gordon thirty years ago by an aged labourer. This was the day:--"Out in morning at four o'clock. |