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enters the moor. It is carried along the hill sides, 

 southward and westward, nearly parallel to the bend- 

 ings of the river ; and gathers some streamlets in its 

 course, until it reaches opposite Sheepstor, whence it 

 sweeps north westward round the crest of Yanadon, 

 there it crosses the road, near the meeting of the 

 Two Bridges' road with that from Ivy Bridge to 

 Tavistock ; and runs almost parallel with it for about 

 three miles, when it makes a deep bend to the east, 

 round the brow of a hill on Roborough down. For 

 a couple of miles further along the down, it keeps at 

 some distance from the road, and then runs about a 

 mile along side it, till it crosses to the westward at 

 Jump, after which it keeps the western side, and at a 

 short distance, but following the form of the ground. 

 On Buckland down we see it, for a good length, by 

 the road side ; on Manadon hill we hear it dashing 

 along on the right of the road, and see it at the foot, 

 whence it makes a wide sweep to the westward, to 

 clear Townsend hill ; returning through Mutley, and 

 flowing by the road side along Mutley plain. Its 

 course thence round North hill, and through the 

 Five fields to the Reservoir, is familiar to us all ; as 

 is the Victualling office reservoir, filled from it, in 

 Five fields lane ; and the grist and other mills and 

 works depending on it in the town. 



The history of an object which has so effectually 

 contributed to the health, comfort, and increase of 

 the town, cannot be uninteresting to the inhabitants ; 

 but the details of this will require another perambu- 

 lation. All that we can say here is, that it was cut 

 in the golden days of Queen Bess, under the direc- 

 tion of Sir Francis Drake, and at the expense of the 

 Corporation. 



J. P. 



