The Great Grimpen Mire

From The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Arthur Conan
The treacherous mire functions as both literal hazard and symbol of the moor's devouring malevolence — and ultimately swallows Stapleton.
Chapter 7

Stapleton points out the Mire and the death of a moor-pony, foreshadowing his own end.

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Chapter 14

Stapleton vanishes into the Mire after the hound's defeat.

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