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Warren, across Acmead, and so to sea at Porlock 

 Weir, was surveyed, and parts of it were commenced 

 and are known as " The Tramway " to this day — a 

 name sorely puzzHng to the stranger. 



Among the most enduring works executed by Mr. 

 Knight are Pinkworthy Pond, which was intended to 

 ensure a water supply for the mines below, and was 

 made by damming up the head waters of the Bade 

 where they issue from "The Chains." " The Chains 

 Path," or trench, which runs along the southern side 

 of the Chains, and separates that stretch of bog from 

 the rough enclosures of Driver, was also one of his 

 improvements. It was no doubt originally intended 

 as a drain, and fulfils that purpose to-day, but being 

 cut down right on to the hard bottom it enables 

 staghunters to get along, though in the autumn 

 frequently, and in the winter always, they are up 

 almost to their stirrups in inky-black water. To Mr. 

 Knight also we are indebted for those deep, square 

 cut drainage ditches which intersect so much of the 

 wet ground like the bars of a gridiron, and account 

 for more falls in the course of a season than anything 

 else. These w-ere made by plough teams of black 

 oxen working twelve to a team ; indeed, almost all 

 the hauling for Mr. Knight's improvements was done 

 in this way. The oxen are reputed to have been very 

 savage. During this time the inn at Moles Chamber, 

 the ruins of which look so forlorn and desolate, did a 

 roaring trade. This inn had not borne the best of 

 reputations for many years. Situated just on the 



