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CHAPTER VII. 
Brave Devonshire boys made haste sm&j, 
When news did come from Tinmouth Bay, 
The French were landed in that town, 
And treacherously had burnt it down. 
On Haldon Hill they did design 
To draw their men up in a line, 
But Devonshire boys did make them run 
When once they did discharge a gun. 
The Cornish lads will lend a hand, 
And Devonshire boys will wdth them band 
To pull the pride of Monsieur dovm, 
Who basely bum'd poor Tinmouth town. 
Old Song. 
One of the greatest difficulties in Fern-hunting 
is the not knowing what you are seeking, nor 
where you are to find it. 
I had never seen Hymenophyllum unilaterale, 
or Tunhridgense, when I set off one morning to 
