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from the passage out of Cornwall. Thence we had a 

 view of Mount Edgcumbe, a brave house, and well situ- 

 ate, belonging to Mr. Edgcumbe, a gentleman of great 

 estate. On the hill which you ascend, after you are 

 come over the passage to go to Plymouth, grows JEryn- 

 gium vulgare \E. camjjestre, Linn.] in great plenty, which 

 I do not remember to have seen any where else in Eng- 

 land. There grows also EfytJirodanum \_Bubia peregrina, 

 Linn.,] as upon almost all the rocks on the sea-coast 

 hereabout. Here we had a view of the little island in 

 the mouth of the river, called Portsea Island (as 1 re- 

 member), in which is a good fort. There are besides, 

 three other castles near the entrance of the haven or key 

 of Plymouth, on the west side of the tovm. Plymouth 

 is a great and rich town, inferior in trade, riches, and 

 bigness, to none in the west, except Bristol ; yet there 

 are no fair and uniform streets in it; here are two churches, 

 one half built. This town makes a very fair show at a 

 distance, as you go to Ouston, a good large town on the 

 harbour, a mile to the east. Erom Plymouth we travelled 

 on through Modberry, a little market-town, and so on to 

 Morley. Near Modberry we passed a fair house belonging 

 to Sir Thomas Hales. 



Tuesday, July the 8th, we pursued our journey to 

 Totness, through Dartmouth, a large and well built town, 

 and hath a commodious harbour ; at the mouth of it two 

 castles, one called Kingsward Castle, from a little town 

 on the other side of the water called Kingsward, the 

 other St. Patrick's castle ; there is besides another in the 

 town. This town hath the river on one side, and on the 

 rest it is compassed with steep, high hills. Many fish 

 are taken in these parts. Pilchards we saw. Totness 

 is a large, clean town, standing on the side of an hill ; 

 there is an old castle at the upper end of it, upon an ar- 

 tificial mount ; and there are some rows of houses at the 

 market-place, like those at Chester, with fair shambles. 

 The town is governed by a mayor and fourteen aldermen, 

 and is a borough. We went to Mr. Champerson's wood 



