HASLEMERE  , a

market-town in the Guildford parliamentary division of Surrey, England, 43 M . S.W. from London by the London & South-Western railway . It is situated in an elevated valley between the bold ridges of Hindhead (895 ft.) and Black-down (918 ft.) . Their summits are open and covered with heath, but their flanks and the lower ground are magnificently wooded . The hills are deeply scored by steep and picturesque valleys, of which the most remarkable is the Devil's Punch Bowl, a hollow of regular form omthewest flank of Hindhead . The invigorating air has combined with scenic attraction to make the district a favourite place of residence . Professor Tyndall built a house on the top of Hindhead, setting an example followed by many others . On Blackdown, closely screened by plantations, is Aldworth, built for Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who died here in 1892 . George Eliot stayed for a considerable period at Shotter- mill, a neighbouring village . Pop. of Haslemere (1901), 2614; of Hindhead, 666 .