12. HOUNSLOW: THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 67 13. THE ‘WHITE HART,’ HOOK 111 14. THE RUINS OF BASING HOUSE 117 15. WHITCHURCH 129 16. ‘WINTERSLOW HUT’ 159 17. SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. (_After Constable, R.A._) 171 18. VIEW OF SALISBURY SPIRE FROM THE RAMPARTS OF OLD SARUM 189 19. OLD SARUM. (_After Constable, R.A._) 193 20. THE GREAT SNOWSTORM OF 1836; THE EXETER ‘TELEGRAPH,’ ASSISTED BY POST-HORSES, DRIVING THROUGH THE SNOW-DRIFTS AT AMESBURY. (_After James Pollard_) 197 21. STONEHENGE (_After Turner, R.A._) 201 22. SUNRISE AT STONEHENGE 207 23. ANCIENT AND MODERN: MOTOR CARS AT STONEHENGE, EASTER 1899 213 24. COOMBE BISSETT 235 25. THE EXETER ROAD, NEAR ‘WOODYATES INN’ 239 26. TARRANT HINTON 243 27. BLANDFORD 259 28. TOWN BRIDGE, BLANDFORD 263 29. THE ‘WHITE HART,’ DORCHESTER 269 30. DORCHESTER 277 31. WINTERBOURNE ABBAS 281 32. ‘TRAVELLER’S REST’ 287 33. ‘THE LONG REACHES OF THE EXETER ROAD’ 301 34. EXETER, FROM THE DUNSFORD ROAD 311 ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT PAGE Vignette (_Title-page_) Preface (Stonehenge) vii List of Illustrations (Hartford Bridge Flats) xi The Exeter Road 1 ‘An Old Gentleman, a Cobbett-like Person’ 38 The Pikeman 47 The ‘New Police’ 51 Tommy Atkins, 1838 53 Old Kensington Church 54 The Beadle 56 The ‘Bell,’ Hounslow 65 The ‘Green Man,’ Hatton 72 The Highwayman’s Retreat, the ‘Green Man’ 73