Cole’s Reviews > The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce > Status Update

"In some of the dark corners of England and Wales they have an immemorial custom of 'beating the bounds' of the parish. On a certain day of the year the whole population turns out and travels in procession from one landmark to another on the boundary line. At the most important points lads are soundly beaten with rods to make them remember the place in after life. They become authorities."

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