WEST DEVONSHIRE. 9 



VIT. Its prevailing foils. 

 VIII- The fubfoils moft prevalent. 

 IX. The ufeful foffils found in its fub^ 



ilrata. 

 X. The minerals it contains. 



I. The SITUATION of this Diflrid: is 

 within the South-weftern limb of the 

 Ifland, w^hich feparates the two feas— the 

 Irifh and the Englifli Channels. 



Its NATURAL BOUNDARIES are Dart- 

 more, an extenfive and elevated tradt of 

 mountains, on the Eaft ; Hingllone, and 

 other mountains of Cornwall, on the 

 Weft; with Plymouth Sound, and the 

 eftuaries branching out of it, on the South, 

 The Northern boundary is lefs evident. 

 Brent Tor and the heaths around it may 

 be faid to feparate this Diftridt from North 

 Devonshire. 



II. The EXTENT of this fecluded 

 tra<5t of country is not inconfiderable : 

 It is about twenty miles from North 

 %Q South, and about ten miles from Eaft to 



V/eft. 



