CONTENTS

PAGE
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY[1]
CHAPTER II
ROUSDON—THE DOWLANDS LANDSLIP[4]
CHAPTER III
SEATON[14]
CHAPTER IV
JACK RATTENBURY, SMUGGLER—BEER[23]
CHAPTER V
BRANSCOMBE[35]
CHAPTER VI
SIDMOUTH[42]
CHAPTER VII
OTTERTON—EAST BUDLEIGH—SIR WALTER RALEIGH[53]
CHAPTER VIII
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON—LITTLEHAM—EXMOUTH—TOPSHAM—ESTUARY OF THE AXE[62]
CHAPTER IX
POWDERHAM AND THE COURTENAYS—STARCROSS[71]
CHAPTER X
DAWLISH—ASHCOMBE—THE PARSON AND CLERK[80]
CHAPTER XI
TEIGNMOUTH[91]
CHAPTER XII
TEIGNMOUTH—THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN—THE TEIGN—LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS[99]
CHAPTER XIII
SHALDON—LABRADOR—WATCOMBE—ST. MARYCHURCH—BABBACOMBE[111]
CHAPTER XIV
BABBACOMBE—THE PEASANT SPEECH OF DEVON—ANSTEY’S COVE—KENT’S CAVERN[120]
CHAPTER XV
ILSHAM GRANGE—MEADFOOT—TORQUAY[133]
CHAPTER XVI
BRIXHAM—LANDING OF WILLIAM OF ORANGE[142]
CHAPTER XVII
LANDING OF WILLIAM OF ORANGE[151]
CHAPTER XVIII
BRIXHAM—THE FISHERY—ROUND THE COAST TO DARTMOUTH[160]
CHAPTER XIX
DARTMOUTH[171]
CHAPTER XX
THE DART—DITTISHAM—STOKE GABRIEL—“PARLIAMENT HOUSE”[181]
CHAPTER XXI
DARTMOUTH CASTLE—BLACKPOOL—SLAPTON SANDS—TORCROSS—BEESANDS—HALL SANDS[194]
CHAPTER XXII
THE START AND ITS TRAGEDIES—LANNACOMBE—CHIVELSTONE—EAST PRAWLE—PORTLEMOUTH[209]
CHAPTER XXIII
SALCOMBE—KINGSBRIDGE—SALCOMBE CASTLE—BOLT HEAD—HOPE[218]
CHAPTER XXIV
THURLESTONE—THE AVON—BOROUGH ISLAND—RINGMORE—KINGSTON—THE ERME[237]
CHAPTER XXV
MOTHECOMBE—REVELSTOKE—NOSS MAYO—THE YEALM—WEMBURY—THE MEWSTONE[251]
CHAPTER XXVI
THE CATWATER—THE BARBICAN—THE “PILGRIM FATHERS”—THE HOE[265]
CHAPTER XXVII
THE STORY OF THE EDDYSTONE—THE GUILDHALL—ST. ANDREW’S[281]
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE HAMOAZE—THE VICTUALLING YARD AND DOCKYARD—THE TAMAR[295]
INDEX[301]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Mewstone[Frontispiece]
Map of South Devon Coast: Lyme Regis to TorquayFacing p. [1]
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Headpiece[1]
Middle Mill[5]
Rousdon[9]
The Landslip[12]
Seaton: Mouth of the Axe[15]
White Cliff, Seaton Hole[21]
Beer[29]
Branscombe[37]
Woolacombe Glen[47]
“The Old Chancel”[49]
Ladram Bay[51]
East Budleigh[55]
Hayes Barton: Birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh[57]
Topsham[69]
Exeter, from the Ship CanalFacing p. [70]
Dawlish[83]
The Parson and Clerk Rocks[87]
Teignmouth; The Sea WallFacing p. [90]
Approach to Teignmouth[93]
In the Harbour[101]
Teignmouth Harbour: looking out to Sea, showing the Ness, and Shaldon, and the Main Line of the Great Western RailwayFacing p. [102]
The Ness: Entrance to the Teign[104]
Kingsteignton[108]
Coombe Cellars[109]
At Shaldon[113]
Babbacombe[121]
Anstey’s Cove[126]
Anstey’s Cove[128]
Map: The South Devon Coast—Torquay to Plymouth and the Tamar[132]
Meadfoot, and the Ore Stone and Thatcher RockFacing p. [134]
The Ancient Chapel of St. Michael, Torre[138]
Miles Coverdale’s Tower, Paignton[144]
Obelisk, marking Spot where William of Orange landed[149]
The House where William of Orange slept[153]
Brixham Harbour: Statue of William the Third[155]
Brixham Harbour[163]
Dartmouth Castle and the Church of St. Petrox, from KingswearFacing p. [170]
The Pulpit, St. Saviour’s, Dartmouth[174]
Dartmouth Harbour and the BritanniaFacing p. [176]
Foss Street and St. Saviour’s[177]
The Butter Walk, Dartmouth[179]
Salmon Nets at Dittisham Quay[182]
Greenaway FerryFacing p. [182]
A Salmon Fisher[184]
Stoke Gabriel[187]
“Parliament House”[191]
Stoke Fleming[196]
Blackpool Sands[198]
Torcross[201]
Hall Sands[205]
The Start[210]
Chivelstone: a Rainy Day[214]
The Ferry Slip, Salcombe[219]
An Old Cottage, Salcombe[220]
Salcombe Castle[221]
Salcombe Church[221]
Kingsbridge[223]
Salcombe Castle[224]
The Pinnacles, Bolt Head[227]
The Thurlestone[237]
The Ruined Church of Revelstoke[252]
The Yealm: from Noss[254]
Noss Mayo and Newton Ferrers[255]
Wembury[262]
Old Plymouth, from Mount Batten[267]
The Barbican: where the Pilgrim Fathers embarked[270]
The Citadel Gate[277]
Winstanley’s Eddystone Lighthouse[283]
Eddystone Lighthouse[287]
Guildhall Square, Plymouth[291]
The Prince of Wales in Stained Glass[293]
The Hamoaze[298]
Tailpiece: Lights along the Shore[300]