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FEENT COMBES. 
and it was with difficulty we could obtain a sight 
of the fine panorama which, but for the hedges, 
may be seen from the last hill before we leave the 
Moor. A gate, or a gap in a fence, gave us occa- 
sional opportunities of admiring the windings of 
the Dart and AVebber, the Answell Eocks and Buck- 
land high above them. 
We were clear of the hedges at last, on a fine 
grassy slope, with the Dart at the bottom, the 
broken pile of Leigh Eocks close by, Holne Chase 
in front, and right and left the murmuring hurry- 
ing stream disappearing among woods. 
Erom Hannaford bridge, which spans the river 
at this spot, we left the high-road to Ashburton, 
which crosses Holne Chase, and turned along a road 
by the riverside through the woods of Spitchweek. 
Eor several miles the drive is beautiful, winding 
by the rushing Dart, wffiich is fringed with Os- 
munda regalis of great size and in marvellous pro- 
fusion. There is but one drawback, and that is, 
that the trees are so crowded that you lose a great 
many beauties, the river and rocks being in many 
places hidden from sight. 
Ashburton is prettily situated in a soft close 
valley. There seems little to interest the stranger 
there ; and though the inn is large and comfortable, 
and the scent of the magnolias as they peep in at 
