House Sparrows & a few Whinchats,  
a few Blackbirds but no Throstles
seen or heard. Near Ilfracombe
saw a small peculiar looking Crow
which I took to be a Chough. It was
flying along the edge of a cliff
over the sea. Jackdaws & Rooks
in considerable numbers all the 
way.
  Ilfracombe is a small, dingy city
very unattractive. Our inn, the Queen's, 
a wretched place, dirty, with bad
food and beds.
  Walked down the street in the
evening & bought some good hot-house
grapes, red & mouthwater[ing] @ 1/6 pr. [per] lb [pound].
Also small but good peaches @ 3 1/2 d [pence]
each. Delicious strawberries about
double the size of our largest @ 1 s [shilling]
pr. [per] quart. They also had large, fair,
light green Tasmanian apples. All
the bananas in England come from
the Canary Ids [Islands]. They are small & poor.
July 8 Ilfracombe to Clovelly
  Cloudy with driving mist & light
showers.
  By train to Bideford via Barnstaple
Junction, 10.15 - 12 M. From
Bideford to Clovelly by coach 12 M.
to 1.45 P.M. (12 miles)
  New Inn at Clovelly, a modle [sic] [model]
house in every respect with good
beds, delicious food and moderate
charges Walked down to quay in
P.M.
July 9. Clovelly Morning cloudy
clearing at noon, P.M. perfectly
clear, then sea calm. In A.M. took the
Hobby Drive with C., E. R. S., and Mrs.
Sewell. Also went on beyond to Buck's
Mills. In P.M. C. & E.R.S. went out
rowing with Roland Hartop as
boatman. I walked out about
a mile through Clovelly Port & saw
my first Sitta europea and Certhia
familiaris