Birthplace : Limber Magna 



A propos of the depth of this pond, which doubtless formed 

 one of the sources from which the inhabitants of the Priory 

 derived their fish supply, there are two other fishing ponds in 

 Limber. We had a stolid, good-humoured bay carriage horse 

 and an evil-minded black pony, rightly named Beelzebub. The 

 latter belonged to our grandmother, who used to drive him in 

 a low basket phaeton, and with her he was always tractable. 

 With us children, however, he was quite the reverse, exercising 

 his demoniacal qualities by rearing over end several times with 

 one or the other up ; running away with us in our grand- 

 mother's pony-carriage when we had sneaked it, as was frequently 

 the case, and in other ways showing us how very much he pre- 

 ferred to be handled by his superiors instead of by us, for whom 

 he felt no respect whatever. 



Now Beelzebub, who, as many people do their opposites, 

 loved the stolid bay horse and in summer roamed the home- 

 stead with him, was continually leading his friend into mischief. 

 Once having opened the gate which led into the village, and 

 which had been fitted with a special iron bar against his 

 depredations, the two careered with infinite joy all through the 

 place. Then finding they were in danger of immediate capture, 

 made a bee-line for their paddock, and swam across the fine 

 old Priest Dyke, showing its exceeding depth, which no one 

 appeared to have plumbed before. 



Walking back to the main street, and going straight on 

 from the junction of the cross-roads, you pass cottages on both 

 sides, and then come to the large end house of the village, 

 generally known as " The Other End," or more commonly as 

 " The Marriss." This house, situated at the extreme west of 

 the village of Great Limber, was the birthplace of our grand- 

 mother, Mrs. Maunsell, where our mother was brought up from 

 a baby, and it was from this house that the latter migrated to 



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