1839] JOURNAL— EXCURSIONS IN DEVONSHIRE. 83 



July 30. Left Torquay. A very wet day, the roads between 

 Exeter and Sidmouth were much flooded, and we had to get off the 

 coach at a ford. Parted from Mr. Borrer at Torquay. 



July 31. Walked along the cliffs towards Otterton, and about 

 the town, which is much smaller than I had supposed. 



Aug. 1. Walked over the cliffs to the east of the town until I 

 had passed the two first hills, and then along the beach, nearly as 

 far as Branscombe; returned by an inland road, and found (as I 

 had done yesterday) Schistostega pennata in every hole in the hedge- 

 banks. 



Aug. 2. Went to Sidbury, where there is a curious old church, 

 and gathered by the way, particularly at Sidford (and also at a 

 cottage to the left of the road, soon after leaving that which leads 

 to Exeter), plenty of Oxalis corniculata in cottage gardens, where it 

 is a weed. 



Aug. 3. Left Sidmouth by coach to Taunton, over the Black 

 Down Hills. At Taunton could not get a place by the morning 

 coach, so walked about the town and neighbourhood until 2 p.m., 

 when proceeded by way of Tiverton and South Molton to Barnstaple. 



Aug. 4. Sunday. Before and after church walked by the side 

 of the river Taw through a very beautiful country, and at 4 p.m. 

 went to Ilfracombe ; the first and last parts of the road are interest- 

 ing, through wooded valleys ; the middle part lofty downs. Went 

 to the church in the evening. 



Aug. 5. Walked by the coast road (which is all up and down 

 steep hills) by Berry Harbour to Coombe Martin, near which place 

 I noticed the red-stalked form of Athyrium Filix-femina and the 

 scaly one of A. Filix-mas, also Atropa Belladonna and Orobanche 

 barbata. Eeturned by the inland road, which is much longer, but 

 has only one long ascent and a long descent. Trifolium medium 

 is very common by the road-side. Left by the steam vessel at 

 5 p.m., and arrived at the Mumbles Lighthouse at about 9 p.m. 

 As the tide was low, we had to land at the Mumbles, and walk to 

 Swansea, a distance of five miles. 



Aug. 6. Called on Mr. Flower, who was in lodgings, and he 

 went with me to Pennard Castle, where we saw plenty of the Draba 

 aizdides on the walls and rocks near the castle (he said that he had 

 seen it at the Worm's Head) and Sinapis Cheiranthus on the steep 

 side of the sand hills, between the castle and the sea, towards the 

 river. We returned by the coast, and examined Oystermouth 

 Castle, a fine ruin, on which grows Orobanche barbata. Upon rough 

 waste fields near the town W. Flower directed me to Reseda fruti- 

 culosa. 



Aug. 7. Mr. C. T. Cayley and I walked up the river, and went 

 over the copper works of Messrs. Vivian, the largest in existence. 



