For the most part covered with short turf

For the most part covered with short turf

The country, it may be as well to say for the benefit of the thousands who have never been on these famous mutton-producing South Downs, is composed of a series of table-lands divided by basin-like valleys, for the most part covered with short turf, with large patches of gorse and heather, in which the hares, when beaten, take refuge. Of late years, high prices and Brighton demand, with the new system of artificial agriculture, have pushed root crops and corn crops into sheltered valleys and far over the hills, much to the disgust of the ancient race of shepherds.

Fonte: Tamming Horses