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wide as that of a hunting lodge should be, 

 and an arched inner doorway of oak. A 

 rude massiveness characterises the place. A 

 balcony on the first floor overlooks the 

 steepest part of the vast natural fosse sur- 

 rounding the mount, and the mountainous 

 breadth of Dunkery Beacon rises exactly 

 opposite, shutting out the lower half of 

 the sky. 



Something is now moving among the 

 heather near the summit, so distant and 

 so dim that it is difficult to distinguish 

 what it is. But the sheep yonder are white 

 and these three animals are dark, a little 

 inclined to redness. They move quickly in 

 line, and are larger than sheep ; they must 

 be hinds. It is only when endeavouring to 

 determine what any particular object is, that 

 you recognise the breadth and height of the 

 Beacon side. It is much farther and much 

 higher than the eye at first acknowledges. 



