South of that great meadow, Egham stands opposite Staines, separated by the river and a mile of dull road.
A small boy at Egham, arrested for breaking a bottle on the highway, said that he did it to puncture motor tyres.
Cooper's Hill is the elevation, not deserving the name of mountain, just over Egham and Runnymede.
A much more ugly country than that between Egham and Kensington would with great difficulty be found in England.
Egham has an annual race-meeting, the course being no other than Runnymede.