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brooks, rivulets, and rills, furrow the fides 

 of almofl every Hope ; frequently ilfuing 

 from near the fummits of the hills. 



But I have met with no inftance of 

 collected waters, among the Weflern 

 mountains ; fuch as frequently occur in the 

 Northern parts of the liland. Dofmary 

 Pool, a fmall lakelet, which lies amon^r 

 the mountains, between Bodmin and Laun- 

 cefton, is the only one I have feen. 



It is among complex ranges of moun- 

 tains that lakes are generally found. Thofe 

 of Cornwall and Devoniliire form onlv 

 one chain, except in the part where this 

 pool occurs. 



VII. SOILS. The SPECIES of furface 

 foil is remarkably uniform, and fmgular 

 in its component parts. It does not clafs 

 properly with any of the ordinary defcrip- 

 , tions of foils, namely, clay, loam, land, 

 or gravel ; but is rather of a filty nature. 

 Perhaps the principal part of the ordinary 

 foil of the Diftridl is perifhed fiate-flone 

 rubble ; or flate ilone itfelf, reduced by 

 the adion of the atmofphere to its original 

 flit or mud : among vrhich, however, a 



portion 



