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the fine green of the whole frond. Then the 

 minute and regular subdivisions of the angular- 

 shaped pinnules render this fern one of the most 

 beautiful of its beautiful family. The aspect of 

 a hedge-bank clothed with Polystichum angulare 

 must be seen to be adequately appreciated. 



Pursuing the pathway a few yards further, the 

 scene, for one moment, changes. Through a gate- 

 way on the right, forming a gap in the sandstone 

 hedge-bank which has helped to shut in the lane, 

 the sun suddenly lights up the scene ; and at 

 the same time a charming prospect is offered 

 by the valley below. Some of the grandest 

 of Devonshire scenery lies before you. From 

 where you stand, a declivity sweeps grace- 

 fully down to Totnes, which, nestling around 

 its tall church spire, appears to respose in the 

 very depth of the valley. On each side you get 

 a peep of the winding Dart ; on the left as it 

 flows from the moor, on the right as it makes 

 for the sea. But town and river are mantled by 

 trees, now thinly scattered, now densely grouped 

 and spreading away over upland and hill-top, as 



