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Some of the most elevated mounds of earth on these hills are sea-marks, and have formerly surrounded beacons; others are considered as memorials of the dead, and are called Saxon, Danish, or Roman, according to the systems of different observers.

But the red flames of burning lime.

From eminences in those countries where lime is burnt as a manure, a chain of lime kilns for many miles may be sometimes seen, which blazing amid the doubtful darkness of an extensive landscape, have a fine effect.

The Horseman's ghost.

Some years ago a strange notion prevailed among the people occasionally passing over one of the highest of the South Downs, that a man on horseback was often seen coming towards those who were returning from market on Saturday evening. This appearance,