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cottage, with a verandah in front, from which we 
see another varied and lovely scene. Opposite are 
woods clothing a steep hill; on the left two woody 
glens, with their accompanying brawling brooks, 
and on the right the rocky sea-heaten shore. 
This shore is called “ Mouth Mill,” from a small 
mill that stands hard by. The cliffs are strangely 
marked and veined by the contortions of the strata, 
and from the beach, among other fine masses of 
rock, rises the truly magnificent “ Black Church 
Bock,” formed of vast blocks of coarse grit-like 
stone, with two curious irregular arches through 
which one sees the blue summer sky, contrasting 
beautifully with the dark pile. At this place we 
reach the limits of Clovelly; the woods opposite 
the Wilderness are in Hartland, and there is a path 
through them by which the pedestrian may reach 
Hartland Point. 
The high-road from Clovelly to Hartland town 
runs over dreary uplands, where nothing is to be 
seen but bleak moors, partially reclaimed, stunted 
bushes on high stone banks, and Lundy Island 
rising from the sea. 
The part of Hartland best known and most often 
visited is “the Point;” but fine as it looks from a 
distance, projecting far into the sea, forming the 
southern termination of the Bristol Channel, it is 
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