[34] Backsword play: the game of single-stick, or fencing with cudgels.
[35] Gorse: a thick, prickly, evergreen shrub, which grows wild and bears beautiful yellow flowers.
[36] Spinney: a small grove filled with undergrowth.
[37] Charley: a fox.
[38] Cover: a retreat, or hiding-place.
[39] Old Berkshire: an association of hunters.
[40] Thatched: roofed with straw or reeds.
[41] Richard Swiveller: a jolly character who lives by his wits. See Dickens's "Old Curiosity Shop."
[42] Mr. Stiggins: a hypocritical parson. See Dickens's "Pickwick Papers."
[43] Roman camp: the Romans, when they conquered England, about 78 A.D., built a stronghold here.