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 Preface, xi conclusions set forth in these pages, and which in the opinion of a reviewer in Azotes and Queries are not incorrect. One of my objects — that of rescuing the wayside and village cross from neglect — has to some extent been accom- plished. Another has been the furnishing of a correct description of them, that those who take an interest in these memorials may learn something of their appearance and surroundings, and so far as is possible, of their history ; and in this, too, I venture to hope I have not been entirely unsuccessful. While we venerate the cross as a symbol of the Christian religion, it is less that this is so than that it is an object of antiquity that I have called attention to it, and pleaded for its preservation. I should desire that the same care I have asked for the cross should also be bestowed upon the stone remains we usually connect with paganism. I desire to express my indebtedness to Mr. T. A. Falcon for the pains he has taken in obtaining so fine a series of photographs for the express purpose of illustrating this volume, and for the use of a few which appeared in his book Dartmoor Illustrated, Wm. Crossing. Black DoTvn^ Dartmoor y Juney 1902.