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H. J. Lowe — Sketch of a bit of Dartmoor. 



The northern boundary of the ' Cleave ' is marked by a depression 

 along which a motley assortment of ill-grown trees and undergrowth 

 has obtained possession. This narrow band of wood-covered land 

 is found on closer examination to be very uneven ground, made up 

 for the most part of ridges and holes evidently of artificial arrange- 

 ment. The place, with its i-epellent pools of stagnant water, overhung 

 by sprawling trees whose roots and lower branches bear trails of 

 green slime left on them by the subsiding water, strikes one as 

 a weird spot, fit home for the Dartmoor pixies. Locally the place 



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Fig. 1. — Sketch-map of a portion of the Eastern border of Dartmoor. 

 The numbers indicate the heights in feet above O.D. 



is known as Peck Pits, and has been referred to by a native aa 

 a ' ghastly place.' The disturbance of the material, probably by 

 the old tin streamers, reveals a considerable depth, some 20 feet 

 or more, of gravel, varying in consistence from coarse sand to 

 a rubble of from 3 to 5 inches in diameter. A crude arrangement 

 of the material as regards size can be made out, the coarser lying 

 at the foot of the Tor. All the stones of which this deposit is 

 formed are much water-worn, many being quite rounded, with few 

 that are better described as subangular. The deposit rests upon 

 and is well within the granite area, and contains nothing outside 

 the products of the granite mass. Most of the material is derived 



