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several antiquarians have thought it stood probably 

 on this very spot. It does not seem very likely that 

 it would have been at such a distance from the sea. 

 But Lambarde says that in his time " there were yet 

 extant to the eie the ruined walls of an antient fortifi- 

 cation, which for the height thereof might serve for a 

 watch tower." However, there are no traces what- 

 ever now of such a building, whatever it may have 

 been. Intrenchraents there are, outer and inner, 

 plainly traceable, but antiquarians cannot agree 

 about those who dug them. Why it is commonly 

 called Ccesar's Camp no one can tell, for there are no 

 certain records in writing that the Eornans ever en- 

 camped in the neighbourhood. Some will have it 

 the works are Celtic ; excavations were made here a 

 .short time ago under the superintendence of General 

 Lane Fox, and escarpments were laid bare, evidently 

 military work, and a deep well on the summit was 

 partially emptied ; beyond however a few doubtful 

 pieces of pottery and a small specimen of archi- 

 tecture that was Norman, I believe little was found. 

 General Fox is however to read a paper giving an 

 account of it shortly, and then we shall know what 

 conclusions he has been able to draw from the ex- 

 cavation. 



We will leave then the historical associations, and 

 follow out a pursuit at the present moment more con- 

 genial to our minds. 



The slopes of the hill make one extensive carpet 

 of flowers all through the summer. We have here a 

 grand metropolis of orchids, not only the commoner 

 ones, the Early Purple (Orchis mascula], the Spotted 

 (0. maculata), and the Green-winged (0. Moriv), but 



