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queiice of which is his death. Two memorial stones 

 mark the spot where tlie robbery took place and the 

 spot, two miles distant, where the man fell. 



The times were' still dangerous for w^ayfarers here, 

 for a few weeks later, on the night of 1 6th November, 

 between nine and ten o'clock p.m., a Mr. Richard 

 Brown, of Little Pannel, driving a horse and cart, 

 was attacked l)y two footpads near Gore Cross Farm. 

 One seized the horse, while the other gave him two 

 tremendous l)lows on the liead with a bludgeon, 

 which almost deprived him of his senses. Recover- 

 ing, he knocked the fellow down wdth his fist. Then 

 the two jumped into the cart and robbed him of ten 

 shilliugs, running away when he called for help, and 

 leaving him with his ^Durse containing £14 in notes 

 and gold. 



With this incident the story of highway robbery 

 on Salisbury Plain comes to an end, and a very good 

 thins; too. 



XXXIII 



If you want to know exactly what kind of a road 

 the Exeter Road is between Salisbury and Bridport, 

 a distance of twenty-two miles, I think the sketch 

 facing page 238 will convey the information much 

 better than words alone. It is just a repetition of 

 those bleak seventeen miles between Andover and 

 Salisbury — only ' more so.' More barren and hillier than 

 the Andover to Salisbury section, and less romantically 

 wild than the rugged stretches between Bhindford, 



