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bridge winds up to the station. Thus by the 

 road to the station is about two miles, and 

 from the station to the farm, ' ' as the crow flies, " 

 say, a mile and a half. The intervening 

 country consists of small fields enclosed by 

 high banks with top-growth. There is also a 

 large covert occupying most of the ground on 

 the Cardiganshire side of the river which 

 stretches up hill to the station. In fact, this 

 wood is a game preserve having no thorough- 

 fare, a rough bit of country cut off by the 

 railway embankment at the top and hemmed 

 in by the river below. 



Now, on the occasion referred to, the farmer 

 reached the station in the afternoon of the day, 

 and after having consigned his goods left the 

 sack containing the calf on the platform to 

 await the train, and returned home, thinking 

 no more of the matter. 



Early next morning Mr. Jones's attention 

 was attracted by bovine lamentations pro- 

 ceeding, apparently, from one of his meadows 

 on the riverside, a field away up stream from 

 the farm. Walking up the bank of the river 

 to investigate the cause of the disturbance, 

 he reached a " bushed " gate which divides 

 these fields (upper and lower). Owing to a 

 bend in the river the fields converge, leaving 

 a narrow passage which is filled in by the gate. 



