WEST DEVONSHIRE. si 



to take? Salmon in the a«a of fpawriiiig : a 

 clrime for which fcarcely any punifliment 

 can be too fevere. In deftroying one, at 

 this jun(5ture of time, the exiftence of 

 hundreds, perhaps thoufands, may be pre- 

 vented. 



, Some particulars, relating to this article 

 of produce, will appear in the following 

 Minutes. 



2. The prefent produce of the soil is 

 in a cdnfiderable proportion, wood ; w^hich 

 fills the delis and narrow vallies ; and 

 hangs on the rugged fides of more infu- 

 lated hills; and which grows in great 

 abundance, upon the extraordinary fence 

 mounds, v/hich will be hereafter defcribed. 



The rough open paflure grounds bear 



little wood, ftridly fpeaking. But the 



Dwarf Furze *, and the Heaths, 



D 3 occupy 



* The Dwarf Trailing Furze. This plant is 

 cotlinion to the more Weftern and Southern Counties. 

 Its appearances and habits are fo perfeftly different frdni 

 thofe of* the ordinary fpecies of Furze, and it preferves 

 thofe diftinguiftiing chara6lers fo perfedly pure and per- 

 manent, when intermixed as it frequently is with the tall 

 upright fpecles, that they may well bs conlldered as dif- 

 tin£l plants. 



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