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CHAPTER VII. 
The road between Oakhampton and Tavistock runs 
for many miles along tke edge of tke Moor. To 
the left rise stony slopes, crowned with craggy 
tors, wkile to tke rigkt a rick and beautiful country 
stretches far away; tke picturesque cone of Brent 
Tor standing in tke midst, and in tke distance tke 
wild kills of Cornwall. Three or four miles from 
tke Dartmoor Inn we enter tke mining districts 
and pass close to some extensive works ; then de¬ 
scending a long kill, we reach tke valley of tke 
Tavy, and see, about two miles ahead, Tavistock. 
But it is our intention to get on tke Moor; so, 
turning to tke left by Peter Tavy, we make our 
way by cross roads to tke high-road between Tavi¬ 
stock and tke prison, by which we save several 
miles, an object when one is on a long journey. 
After toiling up a kill, which seems as if it 
never would end,—for as soon as you surmount 
one height, you see another rising still higher in 
