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tho mam line. Jlere, following the “ drove ” road, as it is termed, 
though scarcely more suited for locomotion than the surrounding 
heath, with its mole-hills and rabbit holes, we drove on till the 
old Thetford road crossed our path at right angles, and following 
this to the left for a short distance, Rimjmere on the right, 
backed by a small plantation of Scotch Firsj forming, with an 
adjacent enclosure, a sheltering spot for the sheep that are here 
washed and watered. At the present time this !Mere is not much 
more extensive than a large pond, round, as its name implies, with 
sloping margins, bordered with furze which plainly mark the 
full extent of tho pool in wet seasons. A short soft turf, quite 
firm enough to drive upon, covers the sloping sides ; but at the 
upper end is a beautiful white sand. This :Mere, which is pretty 
deep in places, has no other vegetation on its banks than a small 
patch or two of rushes, and its only denizens appeared to be two 
couples of Dabchicks or Little Grebes, which played “heads and 
tails ” after their manner, as long as w'o stood to watch them. 
Retracing our steps to the “ drove ” road, we passed on to 
Lanymere, about three quarters of a mile further, the site of 
which, on the right hand side, is indicated from some distance by 
a lising ground, crowned with fir-trees, which, tradition says, were 
not planted by tho hand of man. In former years, ■when Lang- 
mere was about three times its present extent, this grassy knoll, 
with its ancient timber, was almost an island, the waters surround- 
ing it in all but one spot ■which left a track-way wide enough for 
stock to be driven in at night, and folded as it ■were within this 
natural inclosure. Xow, the long water, from whence it derives its 
name, is contracted within much narrower limits ; and one or two 
detached ponds or pulk holes, in front of the island, with soft 
turfy margins sloping down to the water, and bordered at their 
furthest outline with a fringe of furze bushes, assist the eye to trace 
out the normal extent of this large fresh water basin. 
On climbing the mound, to get a view of tho main water, several 
wild Turtle-doves fled from the fir-trees, and the rattle of their 
wings spread a panic amongst the wild fowl which, with their 
young ones were scattered over the ^fere. At the first sight of a 
stranger, for they seemed to care little for a shepherd and his flock, 
some ten or twenty couples of duck and mallard rose from the 
water, and circling round, made off no doubt for the more secluded 
