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EERKT COMBES. 
the latter a pretty place situated on a romantic 
height above the Teign, directly under the Moor, 
which rises all round in sombre grandeur. Near 
Chagford are many curious monuments attributed 
to the Ancient Britons; among others the Grey 
"Wethers, immense circles of stones, which I have 
somewhere seen described as the remnants of ser¬ 
pent worship, as the fanciful may discover a rude re¬ 
semblance to that reptile in their irregular outline. 
Gidleigh Park, with its brawling river shaded by 
fine trees, is among the choice spots of this lovely 
neighbourhood, the favourite resort of fishermen 
and those who have sufficient taste to admire and 
enjoy the retired beauties of nature. 
This country is rich in botanical treasures ; the 
tasselled Pteris , the cleft Asplenium Trichomanes , 
and numerous varieties of Polypodium vulgare , as 
well as some strange Lady Perns, are to be found 
hard by. 
Now farewell to pleasant Morton, and the grey 
Moor, and away to far different scenes! The road 
to Exeter is a very lovely one, terraced for a great 
distance along the side of a valley, and specially 
pretty near Dunsford Bridge. But rich and beau¬ 
tiful as the country is, we have left our hearts 
among the wilds of the Moor, and almost despise 
the cultivated districts, however lovely 
