FEENT COMBES. 
69 
I should recommend any one who has time and 
opportunity, to travel from Exeter, through Tiver- 
ton, Dulverton, and Dunster, in preference to going 
by the railway. The road cannot boast any very 
striking object, but the whole route is characterized 
by softness and quiet ; and the river Exe, along 
whose bank the road is cut the greater part of the 
way, is a pleasant, cheerful companion. 
My tour is at an end, for I do not attempt to 
describe those parts of the South Coast with which 
I am acquainted, as, instead of “ Eerny Combes,” 
the Combes are studded with smart villas and miles 
of houses, and therefore do not belong to my pro- 
vince. Nor do I profess to have given an account 
of all that is to be seen on the route I have traced 
over Dartmoor (the North of Devon I know tho- 
roughly) ; but, feeling how much our native beau- 
ties are neglected, I have tried to draw such a 
sketch of some of them as may induce others to 
follow in our steps, and investigate still more fully 
than we had time to do. 
I now proceed to describe more particularly such 
Eerns as may be found by a tourist in Devonshire, 
noticing at the same time the species which grow 
in other counties, in order that this little book 
may be generally useful. 
