42 SMEATON'S LIGHTHOUSE ON THE EDDYSTONE. PART VI. 



the morning, and stand gazing through it in the direc- 

 tion of the Eock. The Hoe is an elevated promenade, 

 occupying a high ridge of land extending between Mill 

 Bay and the entrance to the harbour, the citadel occu- 

 pying its eastern end. It forms the sea-front of Ply- 

 mouth, and overlooks the strikingly beautiful scenery of 

 the Sound. St. Nicholas's Island, strongly fortified, lies 

 immediately in front of it ; beyond, rising green from 

 the water's edge, is Mount Edgcumbe Park, with its 



SMEATON ON THE IIOE. [By P Skelton. and L. Huard ] 



masses of noble woods backed by green hills. The land 

 juts out in rocky points on either side the bay, some 

 of which are capped with forts and batteries ; whilst 

 in the distance now lies the magnificent barricade of the 

 Breakwater, midway between the bluffs of Redding and 

 Staddon Points, boldly interposing between the swell of 

 the Sound and the long ocean waves rolling in from the 

 Atlantic. From the Hoe the Spanish Armada was first 

 descried making for the English coast. It was the look- 

 out of Drake, as it now was of Smeaton, but with a 



