As one of the best

For a man breaking down who needs absolute rest,

Especially too if he's weak in the chest;

Torquay may be gayer,

But as for the air

It really can not for a moment compare

With snug little Dawlish—at least so they say there.


ON THE COAST NEAR DAWLISH.

The light-coloured cliffs of Dorsetshire had now given place to the dark red sandstone cliffs of Devonshire, a change referred to by Barham in "The Monk of Haldon," for he wrote: