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banks of the Exe in a deep hollow. It 

 is absolutely isolated. There is a well- 

 conducted hotel, the White Horse, where 

 huntsmen and trout-fishers find accommo- 

 dation, but it is ten miles to the nearest 

 station, and there is no telegraph. The 

 hamlet street is level for a little distance, 

 but with this exception no one can move 

 from his doorstep without going uphill, 

 unless it be to wade along the river. Four 

 principal roads and some lanes leave the 

 place, and by each of them there is an 

 ascent of two miles' length. Two miles up- 

 hill must be got over before rider or walker 

 reaches the summit, and then he is only 

 among the hills and has not surmounted 

 them. Some considerable part of the first 

 two miles on the slopes above the Exe is 

 cultivated. It is good land and yields well 

 though late, and has all been enclosed from 

 the moor. 



