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 NOTES

P. 3 (I). Barbury Camp is on the northern escarpment of the Marlborough downs, between five and six miles north by west from Marlborough. The camp on the summit is of pre-Roman origin. The preference for rain and windy weather, shown in this and other poems in the book, has suggested the poem entitled "Sorley's Weather" by Captain Robert Graves (Fairies and Fusiliers, 1917) which ends with the verse,

P. 6 (II). Printed in The Marlburian, 28 July 1913. In this case, and in a few other cases, the text in the book varies slightly from that given in The Marlburian. In these variations the author's manuscript has been followed.

P. 8 (III). The Marlburian, 3 December 1913. East Kennet is a village on the Kennet between four and five miles west of Marlborough. A correspondent, who is familiar with the district, thinks that the church seen by the author from the cornfield was not that of East Kennet but the neighbouring church of West Overton.

P. 10 (IV). The Marlburian, 9 October 1913. This poem, said the author, in sending a copy of it home from Germany, "has too much copy from Meredith in it, but I value it as being (with 'Return') a memorial of my walk to Marlborough last September" (1913). The scenery of this walk is recalled in XXXVI (pp. 83, 84). P. 11, line 2: hedge's, bird's; the apostrophe was misplaced in editions 1 to 3.

P. 15 (VI). The Marlburian, 9 October 1913. This poem is a result of the same walk as IV and V. Liddington Castle is about seven miles north by east from 127