DISTRICT. 



SECTION THE FIRST. 



NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



O F 



WEST DEVONSHIRE, &c, 



IN taking a curfory view of the Natu- 

 ral History of this Diftridt, I fhall 

 attend to fuch particulars, only, as have an 

 immediate connection with Rural Eco- 

 nomics; conformably, with the plan which 

 I have hitherto found it requifite to purfue. 

 Thefe particulars are, 



I. Its fituation in the Ifland. 



II. Its extent. 



III. Its elevation with refpedt to the 



fea, 



IV. The conformation of its furface. 

 V, Its climature as it alFedls Agricul-. 



ture. 

 VI. The waters which occupy its fur- 

 face. 



vii. Its 



