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through the hole, and the margin of the granite base was over- 

 lapped by the turf. Since my visit, I have had the good fortune 

 to make the acquaintance of some of the members of a family 

 that has owned and occupied Nangitha for several successive 

 generations, from whom I gathered that the remains have always 

 been spoken of at Nangitha as those of a cross. There was no 

 tradition which fixed the date of its overthrow, though, as is 

 usual, there were myths that the base had undergone three 

 removals in the vain search after treasure, that was known to 

 have been buried underneath it. 



