? ? ? ? "It's the weirdest, strangest thing that ever I heard in my life."
? ? ? ? "Yes, it's rather an uncanny place altogether. Look at the hillside yonder. What do you make of those?"
? ? ? ? The whole steep slope was covered with gray circular rings of stone, a score of them at least.
? ? ? ? "What are they? Sheep-pens?"
? ? ? ? "No, they are the homes of our worthy ancestors. Prehistoric man lived thickly on the moor, and as no one in particular has lived there since, we find all his little arrangements exactly as he left them. These are his wigwams with the roofs off. You can even see his hearth and his couch if you have the curiosity to go inside.
? ? ? ? "But it is quite a town. When was it inhabited?"
? ? ? ? "Neolithic man -- no date."
? ? ? ? "What did he do?"
? ? ? ? "He grazed his cattle on these slopes, and he learned to dig for tin when the bronze sword began to supersede the stone axe. Look at the great trench in the opposite hill. That is his mark. Yes, you will find some very singular points about the moor, Dr.
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