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efluaries, exhibit fcenery the moft romantic 

 and pi(5turefque. But the vievrs generally 

 want liiwn to give them foftnefs and 

 beauty. When the meadows of Buck- 

 land, and the meek grounds of Mariftow, 

 blend their lawny furfcc:is with the wood 

 and water,^ fccnes the moil delightful are 

 formed. 



The broader views that frequently pre- 

 fent themfelves are not lefs interefting. 

 The grandeur of the diftant mountains of 

 Dartmore and Cornwall would orive effeft 



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to lefs pidturable foregrounds. Plymouth 

 Sound, partially hid by Mountedgecumbe 

 (a prominent and ftriking feature fc-^en 

 from every knoll), form another charming 

 diflance. A globular hillock, feated on 

 the Eaftern banks of the efluary of the 

 Tamer, below the church of St. Budix, 

 commands a circle of views, eaual in rich- 

 nefs and variety of vifual effed:, to any 

 other this Ifland pQiTefies. To the Eift, 

 the church of St. Budix, with the fweetly 

 wooded fcenery of TamertonFoliot, backed 

 by thefavage " Tors" of Dartmore. To the 

 Weft, the eftuary of St, Germains, lying as 



a lake. 



