A description of the part of Devonshire bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy; its natural history, manners, customs, superstitions, scenery, antiquities, biography of eminent persons, etcin a series of letters to Robert Southey . ern Tor,but she does not think that it could have been thetable, as she remembers that her father xised to takepersons to the spot as a guide, and show them thetable, chair, and other objects of curiosity on thetor. I thought I could perceive that the reeve ofthe manor was at any rate considered a great per-sonage, and not the less so, perhaps, by being theCicerone, or
A description of the part of Devonshire bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy; its natural history, manners, customs, superstitions, scenery, antiquities, biography of eminent persons, etcin a series of letters to Robert Southey . ern Tor,but she does not think that it could have been thetable, as she remembers that her father xised to takepersons to the spot as a guide, and show them thetable, chair, and other objects of curiosity on thetor. I thought I could perceive that the reeve ofthe manor was at any rate considered a great per-sonage, and not the less so, perhaps, by being theCicerone, or guide to the curiosities of the forest;for this is the word by which the inhabitants arefond of designating the treeless moor. I do notknow whether the reeve, with the spirit of an anti-quary, had any veneration for a cromlech, and there-fore wished to imitate one; but, if such were hisintention, he succeeded not badly: for the stone DENNABRIDGE POUND. 133 (which is eight feet long by nearly six wide, and fromfour to six inches thick) is placed, as was the quoitin such British structures, as a cover, raised uponthree rude walls, about six feet high, over a trough,into which, by a shute, runs a stream of water. And. probably the idea that the removal of this stonewas by some one in authority, may have given rise tothe report, that such person could be no less thanJudge Buller, who possibly might be supposed togive sentence for such transportation (far enoughcertainly, but not beyond sea), in his judicial ca-pacity : to Avliich, perhaps, some happy confusionbetween him and the judge or president who sat inthe Stannary Court may have contributed. Nay,possibly the reeve or steward may have consideredhimself to be the legal representative of the latter,and to have removed it to his own residence. Wethence returned to Dennabridge Pound. On clam-bering over the gate, I was surprised to find closeto it a rude stone seat. Had I any doubt beforethat the pound erected on the b
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