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paper, nine different ones are described as belonging to 

 Dartmouth, two only to Kingsbridge, two to Modbury, 

 two to Salcombe, and one to Aveton Gifford. 



Mr. William Parkhouse, the late Portreeve, had in his 

 possession some time since, a book containing fac-similes 

 of some of the tokens in the collection of the late Mr. 

 John Gibbs, who was an assistant to Colonel Montagu. 

 We noticed three belonging to Kingsbridge, three to Mod- 

 bury, two to Salcombe, and one to Aveton Gifford. 



Doubtless the old monks of Buckfast knew perfectly 

 well what they were about when they settled themselves 

 so comfortably amongst the rich pastures of South Devon. 

 We find traces of them in various parts of the town 

 and neighbourhood even now. Towards the top of Fore 

 Street Hill, on the west side, there was, some years ago, 

 a house which had been a banqueting house, where the 

 Abbot of Buckfast used to keep Lent. In the front room, 

 on the first floor, there was a large cupboard, behind 

 which was a considerable hollow, intended as a hiding 

 place. That part of the house was taken down many 

 years ago, and we believe that there is no portion of 

 it now remaining. When the late Mr. Walter Light, 

 druggist, purchased these premises, he discovered in the 

 cellar, a large open space, something in the shape of an 

 inverted limekiln, about which remained some appliances 

 which led to the belief that it had been a chimney, used 

 for roasting oxen, and other animals, whole. The materials 

 of this building were used for repairs, and none of it is 

 in existence now. 



There is also a house at the lower end of Fore Street, 

 which is said to have been an occasional residence of these 

 monks, and where there is still retained some finely-carved 



