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Excerpt from The Tor Hill, Vol. 2 of 2
The lake, along whose shore the Manor of the Mere extended its quiet and sequestered loveliness, was about five miles in circumference, and appeared to be scarcely less abundantly supplied with fish than the well-stocked ponds. At its upper extremity were two large cedar-trees, which, according to tradition, had been' originally brought from the Holy Land, and planted by bus of the Hunger fords on his return from the first Crusade. Stand ing out in sharp and dark relief against the sun, which was setting behind them, they imparted a solemn Oriental character to that portion of the view, and, as they threw their broad and lon shadows over the waters, seemed to be stationed where they stood as the giant guardians of the little Eden that la outspread before th Upon the rushy bank 0 the More, immediately below the mansion, was a game of swans, as it was then termed, being an establishment of batches and.
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