2 MEAVY CHURCH AND OAK. 



against the deep blue of the heavens, and in some 

 places, where the bark has dropped away, the core 

 of the wood displays itself in ghastly whiteness. 

 When the withered top is beheld against the bright 

 back ground of a serene evening sky, it wears an 

 unusually melancholy aspect, which is rendered the 

 more striking from being contrasted with the vege- 

 tation yet lingering on the lower branches. 



The church contains no monuments of particular 

 interest ; a neat tablet is placed near the altar, to 

 the memory of Mrs. Jope, wife of Rev. George Jope. 



The only " hostel" in the village is '* The Royal 

 Oak" which, though of humble exterior, affords com- 

 fortable acccomodation to the way-worn traveller. 

 In summer this is a halting place for amateur fisher- 

 men who stroll from the neighbouring towns to try 

 their piscatorial skill in the waters of the Plym. He 

 who is fond of studying character in the kitchen of 

 a country inn cannot do better than spend a winter's 

 evening by the blazing peat fire of" The Royal Oak," 

 for it will afford him a fine opportunity of remarking 

 the peculiarities of the untutored children of the 

 moor ; and perchance he may be treated with a tale 

 of the pixies which are said to haunt the rugged brow 

 of Sheepstor''*'. 



At a short distance from the church are two layers 

 of wrought granite blocks, placed octagonally, the 

 outer edge of the upper layer being about a foot with- 

 in that of the lower ; these stones doubtlessly 

 formed the basement of a cross although, in their 

 present mutilated state, every vestige of that struc- 

 ture has disappeared. Numerous similar remains 

 exist at present in the neighbourhood ; the largest 

 and most perfect is at Buckland Monachorum, but, 

 as in the present case, the shaft, which it supported, 

 has been destroyed. 



Carrington. 



