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many spots quite perpendicular ; one bold promontory, 

 which runs out with a narrow knife-edge summit, is 

 perforated by a natural archway of lofty elevation, of 

 very striking aspect. It is distinctly visible for miles 

 along the shores of Torbay, and is dignified with the 

 name of London Bridge. 



Here, then, is our fishing-ground to-day. Threading 

 the slender passages between the perpendicular rocks, 

 or creeping-in close under their overhanging landward 

 sides, where no ray of the sun has ever penetrated, we 

 hang on by the points and groins, and eagerly peer 

 below. Into one lane our boatman hesitates to venture. 

 It is but just wide enough to allow the boat to pass ; 

 indeed here and there she cannot without rubbing her 

 gunwales ; and if a stronger swell than usual were to 

 roll- in from seaward while entangled, her side might 

 be stove-in before she could be extricated. However, 

 its gloom looks so tempting, and the water among the 

 islets is so very smooth, that we succeed in persuading 

 him, and we push and drag into the very midst of the 

 watery alley. The rocks rise close on either hand like 

 lofty walls, and descend as perpendicularly, deep and 

 far down beneath our keel ; as we can well see, for the 

 water is of lustrous transparency. 



And what a sight is here ! Hundreds of Anemones 

 of many species are studding the walls almost as thick 



