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along the very backbone of the ridge, exposed to all 

 the rio-ours of the elements. To add to the weird 

 aspect of the scene, barrows and tumuli are scattered 

 about in profusion. AVe now come to a turning on 

 the left hand called ' Cuckold's Corner,' why, no 

 legend survives to tell us. Steeply this lane leads to 

 the downs that roll away boldly to the sea, coming in 



CHILCOMBE CHURCH. 



little over a mile to ' chilly Chilcombe,' a tiny hamlet 

 with a correspondingly tiny church tucked away 

 among the great rounded shoulders of the hills, but 

 not so securely sheltered but that the eager winds 

 find their way to it and render both name and epithet 

 eminently descriptive. The population of Chilcombe, 

 according to the latest census, is twenty-four, and 

 the houses six ; and it is, accordingly, quite in order 

 that the church should l)e regfarded as the smallest 



