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WHERE TO FIND FERNS. 



wide areas of country, are very abundant in those 

 spots in which the conditions of their delicate growth 

 are fulfilled. Amongst places known to the Author, 

 there are none where he has found them in such great 

 abundance as in the delicious bit of fern country lying 

 contiguous to Shaugh Bridge, that crosses the ferny Plym, 



of which mention has just been made. Our illustration 

 (page 29) will give a glimpse of the boulder bed of 

 this pretty river. Not far from the bridge there rises 

 from the stream-level what may be termed a boulder 

 amphitheatre, consisting of great rocks, some smooth 

 and some rugged, and ranging in size from boulders like 

 those shown in our picture to giant rocks, that look as 



