SOUTH DEVON AND SOUTH CORNWALL

ISBN: 9780282531331 Géneros: WT Sinópsis: Excerpt from South Devon and South Cornwall With a Full Description of Dartmoor and the Isles of ScillyAmong the narrower estuaries the Dart carries Off the palm and the sail down it from Totnes to Dartmouth has a wellearned reputation for beauty Next to it in attractiveness come the Fowey with its beautiful Lerryn Creek and the Looe Water while the mouths Of the Yealm the Erme and the Avon have one and all their particular charms The little towns Of Fowey and East and West Looe at the entrance to their respective estuaries are almost unique in their situation and appearance but quaint est and most extraordinary of all Cornish places of habitation are the villages Of Polperro 4 miles west Of Looe and Gorran 2§ m South of Mevagissey How a population numbering some hundreds has contrived to squeeze itself into the bottom Of a valley hardly wide enough to accommodate a tiny stream may be seen but not imaginedOf the numerous more or less popular watering places which line this favoured coast it Is unnecessary to say more than 1s said in the body Of the book Torquay Teignmouth Dawlish Exmouth Sidmouth Seaton Lyme Regis Budleigh Salterton Dartmouth Paignton Salcombe bigburyonsea Fowey Falmouth St Ives Carbis Bay and Penzance have all special claims on the seaside sojourner and a remarkable increase in provision for visitors has taken place in the Cornish resortsAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that rema