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 Of Dartmoor and its Borderland. 99 the existence of the path, and in this present instance we see the old road which they were set up to mark, made use of after the lapse of several centuries. A fine view of the central parts of the moor is presented from the high ground on which we stand, and which is known in the vicinity as Terrell — probably Ter Hill.* Numerous hills and tors, which, as yet, we have not seen in our rambles, are now revealed, with many other objects of interest. Princetown lies about north-west, and more to the right and nearer, is Prince Hall, with its plantations of fir. Towards the north Bellaford Tor forms a striking object, with Lough Tor not far from it, below which is Dunnabridge Pound, the enclosure to which cattle and ponies are driven when found unclaimed at the time of the forest drifts. Many moor-farms with here and there a clump of firs, and long lines of ^rey wall, are also seen, for from this spot we look upon the greater number of the forest enclosures. Hameldon, huge and majes- tic, rises towards the north-east, and nearer and more to the right are Yar Tor, Sharp Tor and Mil Tor, three heights above the left bank of the Dart. Turning towards the east we shall observe a hollow, which is known as Skir Gut, down which flows a small stream. This is the Wobrook which rising not very far from the source of the Avon, runs in the opposite direction to that river, and after a course of no great length, passes under Saddle Bridge, and empties itself into the West Dart a short distance belov/ the hamlet of Hexworthy. We shall notice that the stream makes an abrupt turn towards the east, as we descend the eastern side of Ter HilL Below the bend the rising ground on the left bank is known liS Down Ridge, and it is towards this we must now make our way. On gaining the bottom of the descent, a path will be observed running at right angles to the direction which we have adopted a form of spelling which appears to me to be the correot one. Until my first notice of the hill, in 1883, it had never been mentioned by any writer. On the latest Ordnance Map it is marked as I have rendered it — Ter Hill. It may therefore be necessary to explain that not only was a list of Dartmoor place-names submitted to me for revision before t>eing engraved on the map, but that I also added several.
 * On the moor I have invariably heard this hill called Terrell, but I