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IX^ TOWNS^ Sec. Plymouth and 

 its Environs have the fame influence on the 

 Weftern point of the South Hams, as they 

 have on Weft Devonfhire. And the fea 

 port of Dartmouth draws off feme parfc 

 of the produce of tlie Eaflern quarter. 



The more inland market Towns are: 

 ToTNESS, Plymptoi;, Modbury, and 

 King SB RIDGE : with feveral confide rabie 

 Villages. 



X. INLAND Nx4 vTGATION. The 



Eiluaries, which have been m^ntionedj 

 afford convenient paifage to fmall veiTels ; 

 and, perhaps* precl.ade the ufe of Canals, 

 while the Country remains in its prefent 

 Hate. From Kingibridge, confiderable 

 quantities of corn and cider are laid to be 

 flipped off. Small mafl veffels reach 

 /Xotncis. And Aunton Gifford, a finely 

 fi^xiated Village, has its Eff uary ; whicli, 

 hovv^cver, like the reft, is ilirinking from the 

 ipot, vA%re in much probability, it for- 

 xn-srly gave rife, to the Village or Town, 

 whkh. it has nqw deferted. But fome rich 

 p:arfli lands, which it has left in its ftead, 

 ^ore perhaps than rccompenfe the lofs. 



XL ROADS. 



