DISTRICT THE FIRST. 

 WEST DEVONSHIRE} 



INCLUDING 



THE EASTERN PARTS 



O F 



CORNWALL. 



Introductory View op this 

 District. 



BEFORE we enter into a detail of 

 the feveral branches of the Rural 

 Economy of the Diflrid of Weft Devon-^ 

 (hire, &c. it will be requiiite to take a 

 comprehenfiye \iQ\y of the District 

 itfelf j and to endeavour to mark its dif- 

 tinguifhing characters. 



First, As a produdion of Nature, 

 Secondly, As part of the domain of 

 the realm. 



Thirdly, As the pro-perty of indivi- 

 duals, 



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