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A BOOK OF DARTMOOR
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
- THE TRAGEDY OF THE CÆSARS
- STRANGE SURVIVALS
- SONGS OF THE WEST
- A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG
- OLD COUNTRY LIFE
- YORKSHIRE ODDITIES
- OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
- A BOOK OF GHOSTS
- THE VICAR OF MORWENSTOW
- A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES
- A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
- A BOOK OF BRITTANY
- A BOOK OF CORNWALL
- A BOOK OF DEVON
- A BOOK OF NORTH WALES
- A BOOK OF SOUTH WALES
- A BOOK OF THE RHINE
- A BOOK OF THE RIVIERA
- A BOOK OF THE PYRENEES
YES TOR
A
BOOK OF DARTMOOR
BY S. BARING-GOULD
WITH SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS
SECOND EDITION
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published July 1900
Second Edition January 1907
TO THE MEMORY OF
MY UNCLE
THE LATE
THOMAS GEORGE BOND
ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF
DARTMOOR EXPLORATION
PREFACE
At the request of my publishers I have writtenA Book of Dartmoor. I had already dealtwith this upland district in two chapters in myBook of the West, vol. i., "Devon." But in theiropinion this wild and wondrous region deservedmore particular treatment than I had been able toaccord to it in the limited space at my disposal inthe above-mentioned book.
I have now entered with some fulness, but by nomeans exhaustively, into the subject; and for thosewho desire a closer acquaintance with, and a moreprecise guide to the several points of interest on"the moor," I would indicate three works that have