NATURAL HISTORY. 
two other places, but we believe they have never 
been made available. 
Lastly, the Granite itself is quarried to a consi- 
derable extent, and applied to a variety of useful and 
ornamental purposes. The Haytor Quarries, situ- 
ated round the base of the rocks whence they derive 
their name,.have obtained a high repute amongst 
Architects, for the size, durability, and fineness of 
texture of the blocks produced from them ; 2 or 300 
men are usually employed there—a great part of the 
stone being worked to the shape and fineness re- 
quired, on the spot; it is conveyed to the Stover 
caual, by means of a rail-way of 7 or 8 miles in 
length, formed of the same materials; this winds 
down amongst the neighbouring hills and crosses 
Bovey heath, joining the canal head at Ventiford, 
whence it is conveyed to the new wharf at Teign- 
mouth, and there shipped to the extent of several 
thousand tons annually, chiefly for the metropolis. 
The SuatTe or Kituas. Tin, Copper, Lead, 
Iron, and Manganese veins all occur in this, and 
have been worked, though only to a very limited 
extent. Copper and Yim ores are met with in 
veins at the Ashburton Down mine, for both of 
which it has been worked advantageously, at pre- 
sent only for the latter. A MLeud mine that has been 
neglected many years, occurs at Lsington, and 
another at Hennock, that has been very recently in 
work, Iron occurs and has very recently been 
worked ja a large lode near the base of the Hightor 
rocks ; this mine having excited great local interest, 
