is another Cave, through which you may row at full Sea. This is faid to be the Birth-place of the famous K. Arthur, and likewife the Place near which he loft his Life in a Battle between the Britons and Saxons.

4. At Cafle Treryn is a famous Rock, called a Logan-ftone, which is placed upon another Rock in fuch a Manner, that it may be moved by one Finger, though of an enormous Weight.

5. Pengerick Castle, fituated on the E. Side of Mount's Bay, is now in the Poffeffion of the noble Family of Godolphin.

6. Reftormel Caffle was one of the most ancient and principal Seats of the British D. of Cornwall and others, long before the Conqueft.

Seats of the Nobility and Gentry.

1. Mount Edgecumbe, the fine Seat of Lord Edgecumbe, (between Saltash and Mount Edgecumbe in Devonshire, fituated on the Promontory called the Ramhead,) a noted Sea Mark; it was much admired by Charles II. who vifited it in his Voyage to Plymouth. It is fituated in the Center of a fine Park, and has an elegant View of the Harbour below it.

2. Anthony, in the fame Neighbourhood, the Seat of the Carews. Here is a noble Fish-pond, fupplied with Water from the Sea.

3. Arwenack, near Penryn, the Seat of the Killigrews.

4. Port-Elliot, a noble Seat of the Eliot Family, fronting the River Tiddiford, in its Paffage through the Parish of St. German's to the Harbour of Plymouth. See St. Germans, p. 4.

5. Boconock, 5 M. from Lefkard, was the Seat of the late L. Mohun, but now of Thomas Pitt, Efq. elder brother of William Pitt, Efq.

6. Godolphin, a Seat of the Earl of Godolphin.

The Iflands of Scilly have been always deemed part of Cornwall, they are about 140 fmall Iflands, 30 M. from the Land's End, of which one called St. Mary's is largeft, being 9 M. in Circumference; it has a good Harbour

Harbour and a Caftle, and is more fruitful than the reft; it ftands high. Some of the Islands are overflowed at high Water; fome of them bear good Corn; fome abound with Rabits, Cranes, Herons, &c. others formerly abounded with Tin Mines; but at present there are no Veftiges of any fuch Mines. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Romans frequented thefe Islands.

They are fituated in the Middle, betwixt the Briftol Channel on the N. and the English Channel on the S. that 'tis no wonder they have proved the Destruction of fo many Ships and Lives. Here Sir Cloudley Shovel met his much lamented Fate, Oct. 22, 1707. Great Pains were taken to fix the Latitude, and affift the Mariner to avoid thefe Iflands, by the late Dr. Halley.

DEVONSHIRE.

HE W. Part is of a moorifh, ftiff, barren Soil, bad

the N. Part is dry and healthy, with Downs of good grazing for Sheep, and being dreffed with Lime, Dung, Sand, &c. yield tolerable Crops of Corn, but not in fuch Plenty as the Eaftern and Middle Districts. Some Parts produce a rich Marl for Manure; in others the Soil is fertile tho' fandy, and produces large Crops of Corn; nor does it fall fhort in Meadow or Pafture. The more barren Paits are rendered fruitful by a Kind of Shell Sand; and where. that is not to be procured they denfhire the Land, as they call it; that is, fkim off the Turf, burn it, and ftrew the Ashes on the Land..

The S. Part is, for its Fertility, justly effeemed the Garden of Devonshire.

The Part called South. Ham is famous for Cyder; in other Parts Mines of Tin have been frequently difcovered, but they are rarely worked at prefent..

Veins of Loadftone are found here, which a learned Naturalift fays generally run E. and W.

Its Commodities are, Corn, Cattle, Wool, and its Manufactures Kerfies, Serges, Druggets, Perpetuanas, Long-ells, Shalloons, narrow Cloths, Bonelace, &ċ.

It is about 69 M. in Length, 66 in Breadth, and 200 in Circumference; contains about 1,920,000 Acres, 33 Hundreds, 12 Boroughs, that fend each 2 Members to Parliament; 40 Market Towns, 394 Parishes, and 1733 Villages.

The chief Rivers are the Tamar, Tave, Lad, Ock, Tame, Touridge, Ex, and Dart. At Cleave, Tavistock, Lamerton, Lifton, &c. are Chalybeat Watersir

Exeter, 172 M. from Lond. the See of a Bp. one of the principal Cities in the Kingdom for its Buildings, Wealth, Extent, and Number of Inhabitants, is the Augufta of the Romans. Its Name is derived from the River Ex, on which it ftands; it has 6 Gates befides Turrets, and with the Suburbs is 2 M. in Compafs, and is advantageously fituated on a rifing Ground. It had fo many Churches formerly that it was called Monkton 5 Oliver Cromwell expofed 13 to Sale by the common Cryer., 16 are now within the Walls and 4 without, befides feveral Meetin Houfes. The Cathedral, called St. Peter's, is a magnificent and curious Fabric, vaulted throughout; 390 F. in Length and 74 in Breadth: it looks as uniform as if it had been built by one Man, and has a Ring, of to Bells, reckoned the largest in Engl. This City hath feveral Charters, confirmed by moft of our Kings, many of whom have honoured it with their Royal Prefence. It had antiently a Mint, and in the Reign of Will. III. Money was coined here; the Pieces are diftinguished by an E under the King's Buft.

Its Bridge over the Ex is of great Length, has Houfes on both Sides toward the Ends, with a good Vacancy in the Middle. It has 4 principal Streets (the chief of which is called High Street) all centering in the Middle of the City, which is well fupplied with Water. There is an old Castle here called Rougemont, fuppofed to have been built by the Weft Saxon Kings, whence is a pleasant Profpect to the Channel 10 M. to the S. 'Tis now much decayed, only a Part is kept up for the Affize", &c. The City is remarkable for a large Fair at Lammas, at which the Goods fold in the Woolen Manufactory are incredibly numerous.

Totness,

Totness, 8 M. from Dartmouth, 22 from Exeter, 196 from Lond. ftands on the River Dart. Here is a fpacious Church with a fine Tower, above go F. high; a Town Hall and a School Houfe. Its chief Trade is the Woolen Manufacture; but it has more Gentlemen than Tradesmen of Note. There is a fine Stone Bridge over the River, which abounds with delicate Trout and other good Fish. 'Tis diverting to see them catch Salmon Peele here, with a Spaniel trained up for the Purpofe, which drives them into a Shove Net; fometimes a Man will take up 20 Salmon at a Time, from 14 to 20 Inches long, for which they afk only 2 d. a-piece. The Town confifts chiefly of one broad Street near a M. long, and stands on the Side of a rocky Cliff declining to the River. Here are the Ruins of a Castle, and the antient Roman Foffway is vifible in many Places.

Plymouth, 215 M. from Lond. at the Influx of the River Plym and Tamar into the Channel, was antiently no more than a fishing Town, but is now the largest in the Shire, contains near as many Inhabitants as Exeter, and is one of the chief Magazines in the Kingdom; owing to its Port, which is one of the biggest and safest in Engl. It confifts of 2 Harbours, capable of containing 1000 Sail of Ships; it is defended by feveral Forts mounting near 300 Guns, particularly by a ftrong Citadel of large Extent, containing a grand Magazine full of Stores, and 5 regular Baftions. It is the general Rendezvous of Ships outward-bound, and is very convenient for homeward-bound Ships to provide themfelves with Pilots up the Channel.

.. About 2 M. up the Mouth of the River Tamar (which is an Inlet of the Sea diftinguished from Catwater by the Name of Hamouze, and commanded by the Castle on St. Nicholas Island) is a Royal Dock for building and repairing Ships. Here is a Charity School, 4 Hofpitals and a Workhoufe. Off the Entrance of the Bay lies the Edyflone Rock, which is covered at high Water, and on which the ingenious Mr. Vinftanly built a Light-Houfe, that was blown down in that terrible Hurricane in Nov. 1703, and himself, with those that B 6

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were then in it, never more heard of. Another was erected by an Act of the 5th of Q. Anne, which shared * the fame Fate: but has been lately rebuilt, under the Inspection of that ingenious Mechanic, Mr. Smeaton.

Okehampton, on the River Oke, 20 M. from Exeter, 193 from Lond. ftands near a M. from its Parish Church, which is fituated near the Ruins of a Castle on the Summit of a Hill. It was built by Baldwin de Briory s but in Process of Time came by Marriage to Chriftopher Harris, of Haynes, Efq. The chief Manufacture is Serges.

Barnstaple, 7 M. from Biddiford, 190 from Lond ftands on the River Tave; the Streets are clean, and the Situation very pleasant, ameng Hills, in Form of a Semi-circle. The Houfes are generally built_with Stone, and there is a fine ftrong Bridge over the River, of 16 Arches.

Plymton, 5 M. from Plymouth, 220 from Lond. lies in a Valley above a M. from the River Plym. 'Tis a populous Town, but confifts chiefly of 2 Streets: here is a Free School bountifully endowed. Near the W. End of the Town is the Guildhall, ftanding on Stone Pillars, where the Corn Market is kept.

Honiton, 7 M. from Axminster, 12 from Exeter, 156 from Lond. ftands on the River Otter, in the Road from Lond. to Exeter. Tis fituated in the beft and pleasanteft Part of the County, abounds with Corn and Pafture; has a good View of the Country adjacent, which affords a very beautiful Landscape. The Town chiefly confifts of one long Street; is populous and well built, having a fmall Channel of clear Water running through it; and is remarkably paved with fmall Pebbles. The Parish Church is half a M. from it, on a Hill. This Town is much employed in the Manufacture of Lace, and the broadeft Sort made in Engl. Here is commodious Hofpital liberally endowed.

Tavistock, 27 M. from Exeter, 201 from Lond, ftand's low on the Banks of the River Tave. 'Tis a large well built Town, with a handfome Parish Church. It is furnished with Plenty of Fish, &c. Tavistock Abbey

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