NATURAL HISTORY OF 
SOUTH DEVON. 
PPD III I 
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art L.—Chap. Ff. 
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RBEMARES OW CAS GENSRAL 
ASPSCE OF LVS OISTRECT, 
No portion of the world has enjoyed greater 
celebrity for a happy union of all that delights the 
eye, than England, and no part of our Island has 
received more invidious distinction on account of 
this peculiar junction of every sort of scenery, than 
Devonshire. It is here purposed to take a hasty 
glance at these scenic characters of its southern 
districts, prior to our contemplation of its natural 
products and phenomena. Comprchending Dart- 
moor towards the centre of the county, and the 
coasts which occupy the southern limits, our pro- 
posed examination, extends to three opposite kinds 
of scenery ; the first, mountainous, bold, romantic, 
desolate and bald ; the second, wooded, greatly 
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