XXI. Memoranda relative to Clovelly^ North Devon. 



By the Rev. J. J. Conybeare, Member of the Geological Society. 



In a Letter addressed to G. B, Guf.enough, Esq. V. Pr. G.S. 



My Dear Sir, 



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F either the enclosed memoranda relative to the neighbourhood 

 of Clovelly, or the drawings which accompany them possess any 

 interest, they can derive it only from the consideration that the 

 geological features of that remarkable spot do not hitherto appear 

 to have attracted the attention of any person engaged in those 

 studies which it is the object of our Society to promote. The 

 former, though, I trust accurate, are, I fear, extremely scanty. The 

 latter I can only offer as faithfully copied from sketches made upon, 

 the spot, they will furnish their own apology by shewing at once 

 that they are the work of one who is uninstructed and almost 

 entirely unpractised in that art. 



The small Fishing Town of Clovelly is situated in a narrow and 

 precipitous^ ravine on the north coast of Devon, about 22 miles 

 to the westward of Ilfracombe, and has attracted some notice from 

 the singularly picturesque scenery of itself and its more immediate 

 environs, the general character of v/hich much resembles that of 

 Linton, upon the same coast, so frequently described by modern 

 tourists. 



Having understood that, in addition to this recommendation, the 



