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Excerpt from Topography and Natural History of Lofthouse and Its Neighbourhood: With the Diary of a Naturalist and Rural Notes
It was originally designed that the topographical part should not exceed a chapter of about forty pages, but matter which was considered worthy of being preserved, so accumulated, that, after running to one hundred pages, it was found that a considerable portion would have to be withdrawn. The collect ing and arranging of this extra matter occupied much more time than was anticipated, and this must be the principal apology and explanation to subscribers why such a long time has elapsed since the first issue of the prospectus. The difficulties of gathering together local information from various disconnected or unpublished sources, and the time occupied in examining and sifting documents or statistics, and in ascertaining and verifying names and dates, can only be known and fully understood by those who have attempted similar work.
The fragmentary materials of topography that may be collected within the bounds of an obscure village or country parish, can hardly be expectedto possess more than local value still it is hoped' that to the general or distant reader the waifs and strays brought together in the following pages may not be found entirely destitute of interest. I like to catch up the inscription from the mouldering stone, the careless memorandum from the tattered book, or the story of village customs from the tongue of the aged, whether they be valuable or not, before it is too late.
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