28 Idylls of the Field. 



were raised over the dust of heroes, who sought in 

 vain to bar the path of the legions, or fell in battle with 

 Ceawlin. Their story, too, remains untold ; but they 

 are men of yesterday compared with the wild figures 

 that crouched round camp-fires lit among these rocks, 

 who stalked the mammoth in the hollows of these 

 ancient hills. 



