Dr John Gifford Croker Although the author of the slim volume A Guide to the Eastern Escarpment of Dartmoor is not given and was compiled by “One ...... who oft has “trod” its hill and dale magnificent”, quoting Carrington´s poem the text is generally attributed to John Gifford Croker, a doctor from Bovey Tracey. Completed in May 1851, Croker’s guide was probably the first attempt at a walking guide to the moor. Unlike other works on the moor such as those by Crossing or Rowe’s Perambulations which kept a historical-geographical scientific approach, this work was designed to aid the tourist or the Explorator of Dartmoor. The volume also includes a large folding map (in full wash hand-colouring) which, given its rather amateur execution, makes it a reasonable guess that Croker also drew this. Although it does give three geological rock formations in its key, one has the feeling that this was just an added extra. There were four publishers listed on the title page but some of them may m