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CHAPTER Vlir. 



DARTMOOR. 



" Devonia's dreary Alps ! And now I feel the influence of 

 that impressive calm that rests upon them. Nothing 

 that has life is visible." 



The large tract of country comprised in the 

 forest of Dartmoor is rather grand than beau- 

 tiful. Bleak and barren it is, no doubt, but as 

 there is nothing like it in this little island 

 of ours, a visit to it in good weather is 

 very much to be recommended and enjoyed. 

 Dartmoor, as a place for a healthy walking 

 tour, even in winter-time, is, in my opinion, 

 to a man of robust and good constitution, a 

 place to be visited ; the air is as pure as it 

 can be, and in many places it is not too far 

 off the sea for one to feel its bracing influ- 

 ence. The appetite given by a long tramp 

 on its breezy, heathery downs is not easily to 



