36 EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 



course in the Devonshire Dialect and Mode 

 near the Forest of Exmoor." Another division 

 gives an extremely interesting account of the 

 folklore, and tells of witches and ghosts, pixies, 

 barrows, and the Devil, the latter gentleman 

 having had a hand in laying the rocks which 

 form that curious bridge of stepping-stones 

 named Torr Steps. The last part supplies a 

 brief biographical account of some of the 

 most prominent worthies of Exmoor. 



I must own to a personal predilection to all 

 that pertains to Exmoor, having in days gone 

 by made the acquaintance of one of the worthies 

 hereafter mentioned, the Rev. Joseph Jekyll, 

 whom Jack Russell pronounced " one of the 

 finest and hardest riders in that or any other 

 country," having fished the Barle from Torr 

 Steps to Lanacre Bridge, and explored the 

 Moor in search of the Doone Valley, and, not 

 least, as having known and for many years 

 enjoyed the personal friendship of the author 

 of Lorna Doone. It is gratifying to find that 

 the legend of the Doones, though it seems to 

 be questioned by some writers, is fully supported 

 by our author, who furnishes most interesting 

 details, which really form "the background," 



