VIII. THE FOLK-LORE OF THE CARDINAL POINTS 324 IX. THE CHURCHYARD YEW 360 X. THE CULT OF THE HORSE 408 XI. “THE LABOUR’D OX” 452 XII. RETROSPECT 488 ADDENDA 495 INDEX 498 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. PAGE 1. Roman altar, St Swithin’s, Lincoln. (_Phot._ Mr W. Plomer Young) 6 2. Roman tesserae, St Saviour’s Cathedral, Southwark. (_Phot._ Mr W. Plomer Young) 8 3. Interior of Brixworth church, Northampton. (_Phot._ Mr O. F. Bailey) 10 4. Ruins of Knowlton church, Dorset. (From Warne’s _Ancient Dorset_, by permission) 14 5. Pharos, Dover Castle. (Bloxam’s _Gothic Eccles. Architecture_) 19 6. Ancient foundations at Lyminge church, Kent. (_Phot._ Mr Edward Yates) 21 7. Portion of wall, St Martin’s church, Canterbury. (_Phot._ Mr Edward Yates) 22 8. The Agglestone, Studland, Dorset. (_Phot._ Mr W. C. Walker) 35 9. Ruins of Maplescombe church, Kent. (_Phot._ Mr E. W. Filkins) 39 10. Sketch plan of Maplescombe ruins. (Mr Sydney Harrowing) 39 11. Rudstone church and monolith. (Mr Sydney Harrowing) 44 12. The Cove, Stanton Drew, Somerset. (Mr Sydney Harrowing) 47 13. Corfe Castle, as it appeared in 1643. (_Phot._ from an old print, Mr W. Wiseman, Corfe Castle) 53 14. Ruins of Corfe Castle. (_Phot._ Mr Edward Yates) 53 15. The Mount, Great Canfield, Essex. (Mr Sydney Harrowing) 54 16. Chapel, Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire. (_Phot._ Mr Edward Yates) 58 17. Pirton church and Toot Hill, Hertfordshire, from the South-East. (_Phot._ Messrs Thomas B. Latchmore and Son, Hitchin) 60 18. Pirton church and Toot Hill, Hertfordshire, from the South-West. (_Phot._ Messrs Thomas B. Latchmore and Son, Hitchin) 61 19. Toot Hill, Little Coates, Lincolnshire. (_Phot._ the _Grimsby Telegraph_ Company) 72 20. Mound, Berwick churchyard, Sussex. (_Phot._ Mrs W. Johnson) 75 21. Chislehurst church and mound, as it appeared c. A.D. 1800. (From D. Lyson’s _Environs of London_, 1795-1800) 77