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rrtefllfliia: €mhnmis. FOURTH SERIES.—VOL. XI, NO. XLIII. JULY 1880. INSCEIBED STONE AT LUSTLEIGH IN DEVON. Through the kindness of Mr. Horace R. Burch, of Baring Place, Exeter, I have been supplied with the information which I now beg to lay before the readers of the Journal of our Association, respecting an old in¬ scription at Lustleigh in the county of Devon. Mr. Burch's account of the stone, as contained in his first letter to me, is as follows :—" Being informed by my friend Mr. Herbert Lewis, of Exeter College, that you are interested in old inscriptions, I take the liberty to send you one which is inscribed on a stone at the thresh¬ old of Lustleigh Church, near Bovey Tracey. I am not aware that as yet any copy of it has been taken. I should have taken a rubbing had I the materials at hand; but I can easily do so the next time I visit the place. The stone, though at present in a recumbent position, was once probably a pillar. The letters of the inscription may be a mixture of Latin and Anglo-Saxon characters. Some say they are Greek; but I beg to submit them to your critical acumen, hoping they may interest you." This communication was accompanied with a fac¬ simile, by Mr. Burch, of the inscription, and the follow¬ ing details :—" The total length of the stone is 4 feet; the breadth, 1 foot; and the height of the letters, 3 inches. The stone forms the threshold at the entrance into the church, but was probably once a pillar. The 4th sek.. VOL. XI. 11