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a ready sale. But the illustrations were untruthful. 

 The church was altogether a fancy sketch, exceed- 

 ingly unKke the quaint old simple structure still 

 standing. A print published by Wolstenholme, 

 in 1832, contains a very faithful representation of 

 the church on the northern side, with the grave, 

 and a large gathering of sportsmen and spectators, 

 at the moment the "view halloo" is supposed to 

 have been given. It is altogether spiritedly drawn 

 and well coloured, and makes a pleasing subject ; but 

 the view is taken on the wrong side of the church, 

 the artist having evidently chosen this, the northern 

 side, because of the distance and middle distance, 

 and in order to make a taking picture. The view 

 has this advantage, however, it shows the Clee Hills 

 in the distance. Tom's grave is covered by a simple 

 slab, containing the following inscription, 



TOM MOODY, 

 Buried Xov. 19th, 1796, 



and is on the opposite side, near the old porch, and 

 chief entrance to the church. 



In the full-page engraving, representing a meet 

 near "Hangster's Gate," a famous "fixture'^ in 

 the old Squire's time, the assembled sportsmen are 



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