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Patients' last refuge." The feudal-looking wrought- 

 iron gates newly built beside the road here, surmounted 

 by a gorgeous shield of arms crested with a helmet and 

 enveloped in mantling, form the entrance to Nork 

 Park, the seat of one of the Colman family, who have 

 mustered very strongly in Surrey of late years. 



At the right-hand turning, in midst of a group of 

 fir-trees, stands the prehistoric tumulus known to the 

 rustics as "Tumble Beacon." 'Tumble" is probably 

 the rural version of " tumulus." 



Beyond this point, on a site now occupied by a 

 cottage, stood the once-famed " Tangier ' inn. 

 Originally a private residence, the seat of Admiral 

 Buckle,* who named it " Tangier," in memory of his 

 cruises on the north coast of Africa, it became a house 

 of call for coaches, and especially for post-chaises. 

 Here, we are told, George the Fourth invariably halted 

 for a glass of Miss Jeal's celebrated ' alderbury ' 

 that is to say elderberry-wine — " roking hot," to keep 

 out the piercing cold, and Miss Jeal brought it forth 

 with her own fair hands. Other travellers, who were 

 merely persons, and not personages, had to be content 

 with the less fair hands of the waiter. 



The " Tangier ' was burnt down about 1874. For 

 some years after its destruction a platform that led 

 from the house to the roadside, on a level with the 

 floors of the coaches and post-chaises, survived ; but 

 only the cellars now remain. The woods at the back 

 are, however, still locally known as ' ; Tangier Woods." 



Burgh Heath, at the summit of these downs, is a 

 curious place called usually ' Borough ' Heath : it 

 is in Domesday " Berge." As its name not obscurely 

 hints, and the half-obliterated barrows show, it is a 

 place of ancient habitation and sepulture ; but 

 nowadays it is chiefly remarkable for the descendants 

 of the original squatters of about a century ago, who, 

 braving the cold of these heights, settled on what was 

 then an exceedingly lonelv heath and stole whatever 



* Matthew Buckle, Admiral of the Blue ; born 171G, died 1784. 



