An Exploration Of Dartmoor And Its Antiquities

Excerpt from An Exploration of Dartmoor and Its Antiquities: With Some Account of Its Borders Sixty-two years ago the poet Carrington, writing of Dartmoor, described it as 'a spot almost unknown, untrod.' Although such a description is hardly true today, there are still many, even in Devonshire, to whom our great mountain moorland is term incognito, while to the vast majority Of those who reside beyond the limits of the two south-western counties Dartmoor is only a name. The exclamation Of a friend when introduced to the Moor from the grassy steppe above Okehampton, Why, I expected a great plain, and these are mountains will long live in my memory as an expression Of the popular conception Of Dartmoor. That the waste is a plain is an idea very general with those who do not know the country between Exe and Tamar, and this in spite of guide-books, newspaper articles, and the contri butions which have from time to time appeared in certain magazines. But little apology, therefore, is needed for this work. The Object of the following pages is to present to thexiv Preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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