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I have no notion whatever of the apj3earance which Linton 

 and the valleys of the East and West Lynn may assume 

 under the influence of bright sunshine. 



Of Ilfracorabe, on the other hand, I have a very pleasing 

 recollection, having only once seen it on a bright day, where 

 the edges of the rocks stood out well aoainst the skv, and 

 the samphire waved merrily in the breeze. 



Braunton Burrows is an extensive range of sand-hills, to 

 the north of the estuary through which the waters of the united 

 rivers Taw and Torridge find their way to the sea. The sand- 

 hills on the southern side of the estuary are called Northam 

 Burrows, and are very different in texture and character from 

 Braunton Burrows, where the sand is so loose that in windy 

 weather it is all in motion. In the eyes of most Entomolo- 

 gists, BrauntoA Burrows are looked upon with some am.oanc 

 of veneration as the locality where Deilephila Euplwrhke 

 once did occur, and where it may, therefore, be expected to 

 occur again. The sea spurge grows freely on Northam 

 Burrows, and I have repeatedly sought on it, but to i\o 

 purpose. Braunton Barrows, which is less conveniently 

 accessible, I once visited, and well I'emember that the pro- 

 digious quantity of larvse of CaUlmorpha JacobcB(S, on the 

 rag-wort, struck me as something perfectly astounding. 



A salt marsh near Barnstaple is of interest to me as the 

 locality where I first had the opportunity of collecting the 

 larv3? of Bucculatrix maritbna and studying their habit?. 

 The large dipterous-looking mines which they make in the 

 thick leathery leaves of Aster tripoUum, and the facility 

 with which the white-ribbed cocoons can be collected, render 

 it an easy matter to obtain a supply of this variable species, 

 the largest yet known in the genus Bucculatrix. 



To my fancy, one of the pleasantest places in North Devon 

 is Torrington, situated on the summit of a steep hill, close to 



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