Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

Excerpt from Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1860 It is then our duty to undertake the task but it is not a matter of indifference when that task is undertaken. Day by day as it is deferred, the difficulty becomes greater and more formidable. Those local traditions and legends, some times too little considered by county-historians, but which are the most precious heirlooms of archaeology, because in an especial degree they breathe the life and the habits, the thoughts and the faith of our ancestors, are year by year perishing from amongst us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.