TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

Original spelling and punctuation has been retained, with a few exceptions. Some quotation mark errors have been fixed.

On page 51, the passage "to the deer-haunted heights of Dunkerry" is retained. "Dunkery" occurs four times in the book; "Dunkerry" once.


IN THE WEST COUNTRY
by Francis A. Knight.


CLOVELLY FROM THE SEA. [ ImagesList]

In the West Country

BY

FRANCIS A. KNIGHT,

AUTHOR OF

"By Leafy Ways," "Rambles of a Dominie," "By Moorland and Sea," &c., &c.


ILLUSTRATED.


Bristol:
W. CROFTON HEMMONS, ST. STEPHEN STREET.

London:
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd.


These sketches are, with alterations and additions, reprinted from the "Daily News" and the "Speaker," by kind permission of the editors.


WITHOUT PERMISSION,
BUT WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE
TOO DEEP FOR WORDS,

These Pages are Dedicated

TO
THE DEVOTED COMPANION
WHOSE RAMBLES WITH ME IN

The West Country

BEGAN NOW NEARLY

". . . five and twenty years ago;
Alas, but time escapes! 'Tis even so.
"


Printed at the Publisher's Works, St. Stephen Street, Bristol.

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]


CONTENTS.

PAGE
[CLOVELLY: "WESTWARD HO!" COUNTRY]1
[CLOVELLY: THE SOUND OF THE SEA]9
[CLOVELLY: THE VIKINGS' SEAT]16
[WESTWARD HO! AN OLD CARRONADE]25
[DARTMOOR DAYS]36
[EXMOOR—WYCHANGER: A FAR RETREAT]50
[EXMOOR—LUCCOMBE: TWILIGHT IN THE HOLLOW]59
[EXMOOR: HORNER WATER]67
[EXMOOR: WHERE RED DEER HIDE]75
[TORR STEPS: A MOORLAND RIVER]82
[EXMOOR—WINSFORD: VOICES THREE]90
[BREAN DOWN: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM]98
[THE COUNTRY LIFE]114
[HALE WELL: A QUIET CORNER]128
[THE GREENWOOD TREE]146
[CHILL OCTOBER]162
[TURF MOOR: A HAPPY HUNTING GROUND]176
[TURF MOOR: THE FROZEN MARSHES]188
[WINSCOMBE: A CAMP OF REFUGE]196
[WINSCOMBE: A MIDSUMMER MEADOW]204
[WINSCOMBE: HARVEST HOME]213
[THE MENDIPS—WINTERHEAD: AFTERMATH]222
[WOODSPRING: A GREY OLD HOUSE BY THE SEA]235
[KEWSTOKE: THE MONK'S STEPS]250
[BY COACH TO TINTAGEL]258