THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XVIL] NOVEMBER, 1884. [No. 258. 



COLLECTING AT LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON. 

 By Richard South. 



This year I spent some weeks at the pretty little village of 

 Lynmouth. This place is about six miles from Headon's Mouth, 

 where I had stayed on former visits to North Devon. The 

 village is said to be twenty miles from any railway station, and 

 the usual route from London is per G. W. R. or S. W. R. to 

 Barnstaple, and thence by coach through some splendid scenery 

 to Lynton, a somewhat larger village, standing on the hill 

 500 feet directly above Lynmouth. During the summer months 

 there are other means of approach, and the tourist has the choice 

 of travelling from Paddington (G. W. R.) via Bristol and Mine- 

 head, and then by coach through Porlock and Countisbury ; or 

 he may book from Waterloo (S. W. R.) via Barnstaple to Ilfra- 

 combe, from which place he can next day continue his journey to 

 Lynmouth by coach through Coombemartin and Paracombe, or 

 by steamboat up the Bristol Channel. There is still another 

 route open to those who enjoy a sea trip, that is from Paddington 

 via Bristol to Portishead by train, and thence by the fine steam- 

 boat ' Lynn ' to Lynmouth. The voyage is performed in from 

 four hours and a half to six hours, according to wind and tide. 

 This last route is most enjoyable, especially on a fine day. The 

 varied scenery of the Somerset and Devon coasts on the south 

 side and that of South Wales on the north side of the Bristol 

 Channel cannot fail to afford delight to the lover of the 

 picturesque. 



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