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A LETTER TO THE AUTHOR vii 



PREFATORY NOTE ....... xi 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xvii 



I. IN THE BEGINNING i 



II. THE FASCINATION OF IT . . . .15 



III. IN THE WEST COUNTRY : 



I. A GLIMPSE OF THE BARLE . - 35 

 II. DAYS IN DEVONSHIRE .... 39 



IV. OVER THE BORDER 49 



V. AWAY TO WESTMORLAND . . . . .61 



VI. BY SEVERNSIDE IN SHROPSHIRE .... 69 



VII. A TRIBUTARY OK THE SEVERN . . .79 



VIII. WEEKS IN WORCESTERSHIRE . . . . 91 



IX. ON THE FORDS OF TEME ..... 103 



X. A MEMORY OF THE LUGG . ... 117 



XI. THE ARM OF THE LAW . . 125 



XII. AT THE INN . . .143 



XIII. IN THE SMOKING ROOM . . . . 155 



XIV. THE CHANCE ENCOUNTER .... 165 



