62 Blewiffs Panorama' of Torqitay. 



thus " be enabled to correct for themselves any errors 

 committetf I % ^ ffie ^ gfltlft& ,, ' *fi^^cJ?tbPs 1 ^Mi>e$^tt> his 

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work deserves the patronage of English naturalists. 

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 Blewitt, Octavian : The Panorama of Torquay', a Descriptive 



and Historical Sketch of the District comprised between 

 the Dart and Teign. Embellished with a map, and nu- 

 merous lithographic' and 'wood engravings. Second edition, 

 8vo, 288 pag<es.> "ijLoiwtenl .kffl2. .dgjuoWxI \ztmctl bna 



This guide-book merits our notice, on account of the cog- 

 riizBQtMm^tui^iysfoi^talbeDribibiuiGeQlogy^ meteorology, 

 botfiby, .JinioS feorichokigyiiiitfcladfe t&e/tiiaUiital objects noticed;?; 

 Thfe \gtold|$> ofith eajejghjbou Vboddabas ^©3©*ibefly and m arked, 

 ottetbe HKipiprbfiKed ibithejkbliimejiayiarbiti^iDjj^fcolours, which 

 are explained: besides this, Thomas Northmore, Esq. of Exeter, 

 contributes 29 pages on " Kent's Cavern," his first discovery 

 of fossil bones in it, and the geological deductions inferable 

 from them; and his remarks will, doubtless, interest geologists. 

 Meteorology receives its share of consideration in the treatise 

 on " the climate of Torquay," which occupies 25 pages, and 

 is rich in scientific and medical considerations. The climate of 

 Torquay is ■" soft and soothing," and accordingly eligible for : 

 all to whom this condition is suitable. Mrs. Griffiths supplies 

 the lists of rarer phaenogamous plants, ferns, mosses, A'lgse, 

 Cbnfervoldeae, molluscous animals, and shells, and possesses 

 specimens of most of them. This lady is well known for her 

 researches in marine botany; and among the ^4'lgae and Cbn- 

 fervoideae are species marked as " rare, very rare, and par- 

 ticularly rare," as well as intimations of undescribed ones. 

 The list of shells is ample. Neither birds nor insects are 

 given. The birds, it is stated, are omitted for want of space, 

 and because Dr. Moore has enumerated those of the south of 

 Devon, in the Transactions of the Plymouth Institution. The 

 scenery of the neighbourhood is beautiful, and rich in numer- 

 ous objects of interest. These, the views and objects, are 

 severally described in an agreeable manner, and many of 

 them illustrated by lithographs and woodcuts, all respectably 

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In conclusion, although the natural history of the neigh- 

 bourhood is done but imperfect justice to in this work, we 

 take with gratitude the attention which has been paid to it; 

 and are cheered by the anticipation that natural history will 

 henceforth become a prominent topic in local histories and 

 guide-books: when this shall have been done, the gen3raliser 



