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smiles ; but for good, steady, soaking rain, when it once falls 

 in earnest, few districts in England can compare with Devon- 

 shire. And now the whole landscape is blotted out, so that 

 garrulousness has no further excuse to dwell on its beauties. 

 Albeit it sound ungrateful, we cannot help adding as V envoi 

 Praise Devon, but live in Yorkshire ! 



