242 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



worship : for it has at present much more the appearance 

 of a dungeon than of a room fit for the reception of people 

 of condition. The field on which this oratory abuts is called 

 Chapel-field. The situation of this house is very particular, 

 for it stands upon the immediate verge of a steep abrupt 

 hill. 



Not many years since this place was used for a hop-kiln, 

 and was divided into two stories by a loft, part of which 

 remains at present, and makes it convenient for peat and 

 turf, with which it is stowed. 



