DISTRICT THE SECOND. 



THE 



SOUTH HAMS 



O F 



DEVONSHIRE. 



Introductory Remarks. 



THE knowledge which I gained, of this 

 Diftrid of the West of England, 

 was collected in paffing through it re- 

 peatedly, in my journies to and from Weft 

 Devonfliire ; in an excursion purpofely 

 made, in the autumn of 1791, to examine 

 into its Natural Characters, and to mark 

 how far its Rural Management differs from 

 that of the Diftrid, which circumftances 

 had affigned me as my principal ftation ; 

 and in viewing a part of the Drake 

 ESTATE, which lies within the South 

 Hams. 



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