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Preface.xiconclusions set forth in these pages, and which in the opinionof a reviewer in Notes and Queries are not incorrect.One of my objects that of rescuing the wayside andvillage cross from neglecthas to some extent been accomplished.Another has been the furnishing of a correctdescription of them, that those who take an interest in thesememorials may learn something of their appearanceand surroundings, and so far as is possible, of their history ;and in this, too,I venture to hope I have not been entirelyunsuccessful. While we venerate the cross as a symbol ofthe Christian religion, it is less that this is so than that it isan object of antiquity that I have called attention to it, andpleaded for its Ipreservation. should desire that the samecare I have asked for the cross should also be bestowed uponthe stone remains we usually connect with paganism.I desire to express my indebtedness to Mr. T. A. Falconfor the pains he has taken in obtaining so fine a series ofphotographs for the express purpose of illustrating thisvolume, and for the use of a few which appeared in his bookDartmoor Illustrated.WM. CROSSING.Black Down, Dartmoor,June, 1902.