Excerpt from Two Old Men's Tales, Vol. 1 of 1: The Deformed and the Admiral's Daughter The towers had been long abandoned to the owls and bats; but those who chose to climb to the summit were rewarded by one of the richest and most varied landscapes to be found among the multitude which adorned this land, still, for the gaiety and luxuriance of its scenery, deserving the name of merry England. The vast domain of Brandon, acquired with all its forests, streams, chases, and rights manorial and territorial at the Conquest, by the good sword of John the Long, first Earl, stretched far on every side, intersected by a magnificent sheet of water, presenting every variety of the sweeping lawn and undulating vale and bill, interspersed with immense oaks and elms, and crowned by the waving woods which rose in splendid profusion: through the whole extent of the park the long dark avenue might be seen extending many a mile, while glimpses of the blue and hazy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.