The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title

LYDFORD BRIDGE

THOU WERT THE RAINBOW OF MY DREAMS

LORD BYRON

WHEN WILT THOU RETURN?

ANECDOTE GALLERY

RECORDS OF MY LIFE

THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

THE CINQUE PORTS—THEIR PAST AND PRESENT STATE

DRYBURGH ABBEY

THE TOPOGRAPHER

LESTINGHAM CHURCH

NEW BOOKS

WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST

PETER THE GREAT

THE NATURALIST

STOMACH OF THE OSTRICH

THE CONDOR

THE GATHERER

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LYDFORD BRIDGE.

This is an interesting scene from the wild and wonderful in Nature. Its romantic luxuriance must win the attention of the artist, and the admiration of the less wistful beholder; while the philosophic mind, unaccustomed to vulgar wonder, may seek in its formation the cause of some of the most important changes of the earth's surface. Our esteemed friend and correspondent Vyvyan, is probably familiar with the locality of Lydford: his fancy might people it with pixies, and group its scenery into a kind of topographical romance; probably not unaided by its proximity to Dartmoor.1

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Scenes of this description frequently give rise to marvellous stories; and Lydford Bridge has furnished many themes for the gossip's tongue. It is related, that a London rider was benighted on this road, in a heavy storm, and, wishing to get to some place of shelter, spurred his horse forward with more than common speed. The tempest had been tremendous during the night; and in the morning the rider was informed that Lydford Bridge had been swept away with the current. He shuddered to reflect on his narrow escape; his horse having cleared the chasm by a great sudden leap in the middle of his course, though the occasion of his making it at the time was unknown.

Two or three persons have chosen this spot for self-destruction; and in a moment of desperation, have dashed themselves from the bridge into the murky chasm.

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