Fitz of Fitz-Ford; a legend of Devon - University Library

FITZ OF FITZ-FORD. 13
beautieSj without even suspecting- that he is
within a gun-shot of a valley ^ a wood, and a
waterfall such as Lidford, or an alpine village
like Peter Tavy ; both but solitary instances
of those numberless scenes of beauty that here
abound, and that cannot fail to delight both
the poet and the painter.
After, therefore, having visited, with the ad-
vantages of such a guide, the tors of Dartmoor,
the beautiful woods and vales of the Tavy,
and the Tamar, and many other scenes, all
more or less connected with the subject that
had so much interested my imagination, I de-
termined to indulge it, and to give the reader,
in the form of a narrative, the legend of Devon
respecting Fitz of Fitz-ford.
Vicarage, Tavistock, Devoiij
October ISth, 1828,
A. E. B.