10 THE RED DEER OF EXMOOR. 



after another they work a Bessemer steel furnace, 

 Hghting up the surrounding country as with a search- 

 hght. Old Dowlais, Cyfarthfa, Ebbw Vale, Plymouth, 

 New Tredegar, and the New Dowlais each in turn 

 lights up the hills, while away to westwards there is 

 an abiding glare which tells that work in the furnaces 

 of Swansea ceases not night nor day. 



The view from Dunkery varies, of course, with the 

 state of the atmosphere, but under favourable circum- 

 stances an immense area is visible. Let the eye 

 follow up the waters of the Bristol Channel, and in a 

 very clear light three conical hills, one behind the 

 other, are easily recognisable as " Malvern's Lonely 

 Height." This is probably the farthest point 

 ordinarily visible, though the Ordnance Survey men, 

 it is believed, identified some very distant points. 

 But on any reasonably clear day there are many 

 distant objects which are easily discernible. 



The islands in the channel are the Steep and Flat 

 Holmes, with Worle Hill marking where the ancient 

 Phoenicians embarked the lead from Mendip, and 

 where the modern excursionist to Weston-super- 

 Mare enjoys himself upon the sands. The Mendip 

 Hills are almost shut out by the line of the Quantocks, 

 whose bold outline fills the eastern horizon. Away 

 to the south-east a dim line of hills is the Black- 

 down Range, separating Somerset and Devon and 

 terminating above Wellington, where an obelisk to 

 the memory of the Iron Duke may be discerned with 

 the glasses. In the foreground are the Brendon 



