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Excerpt from Fitz of Fitz-Ford: A Legend of Devon <p>A stone coh'in, or sarcophagus, said to be Saxon, may also here be seen. Tradition declares it to be that which once contained the bones of Orgar, Earl of Devon, the founder of the abbey. If this be true, either the bones must have been placed in it after exhumation, or Orgar must have been a dwarf a thing which his bones contradict, since they are still shown, as the lion in the sexton's own keeping, within the church, and are of such magnitude, that they proclaim Orgar to have been equal in size to those men when giants walked the earth. A portion of these sculptured fragments mi ht, with the help of the antiquary's quizzing-glass, be rea y converted into a piscina, or basin for holy water. This is now partially covered with ivy, and receives the damp droppings of the roof, whose humidity cherishes the maiden-hair, the snap-dragon, and other wild owers that grow between the growings of the stones, and unite themselves with the pendant ivy that fantastically twines about the fragments of the gothic carvings. This archway bears a name, not however the most invitin for a tale of romance; since it is distinguished by the somew at formidable appellation of Betsy Grimbal's T ower.' For, as the old tale goes, a woman of that name in former times was murdered on this spot. Her ghost is still averred to haunt it; though I confess I have never et seen the apparition. But perhaps the country hours we {eep may be the reason. For what ghost, exce t that of Mrs. Veal, was ever yet seen to wander before the Witching time of night, when church-yards yawn. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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 rar