We fear it is impossible that the money will be
obtained locally, but there is a very strong case for appealing to a wider public. If Colley Hill is saved and added to the twenty-six acres already given to the town of Reigate as a park by Mr. Taylor, the present owner of the hill, it is safe to say that a very large proportion of the people who will enjoy looking at the view, resting in the old chalk-pit with its cliff-like sides, or tracing the course of the old fortifications which were thrown up during the French war a hundred years ago, will be people from London. We trust, then, that the large body of Londoners who love the scenery of the Surrey chalk downs, and use the train to get their country walks upon them, will help the movement for the purchase of Colley Hill and send subscriptions to " The Secretary of the National Trust, 25 Victoria Street, S.W." The National Trust is providing the nation, without entrance fee, with a National Gallery of Natural Pictures. Their collection does not as yet include a stretch of chalk down, and Colley Hill is a perfect example of this kind of natural picture.
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