CONFINES OF SOMERSET. 581 built by the family of Von Wichhalse, who emigrated from Holland during the persecution by Alva. The beautiful daughter of Sir Edward was wooed by a noble of the court of James II., and being forsaken by him, pined away, and was found lifeless under the rocks at Duty Point. Her father in vain demanded from the king the punishment of the courtier; and in his wild fury joined the army of Monmouth. By the loss of the battle of Sedgemoor, the knight returned a proscribed man, and to avoid the scaffold, he set sail with all his family by night. The boat was small and fragile, the autumn winds roared fiercely through the woods and along the rock-bound coast, and when the morning broke, the keel of a boat floating upwards told what had been the fate of the fugitives. The view of Lynmouth from the sea is very fine; the Lyn is seen flashing and foaming over the rocks; the background is formed by a huge barren rugged mountain, the wildness of which is rendered perfectly sublime by contrast with the green turf and bright foliage of the two seaward slopes which taper down to the shore. From this point the waves begin to lose their dark blue violet and transparent emerald hues, for the river flood of the Severn and the muddy shores and submarine soil discolour the water. L'ENVOY. We must here part with the reader, having conducted him beyond the confines of Devon into Somerset: if he is returning to London, he will pass through Bristol and Bath, and within 10 miles of Oxford. Wells may be easily visited from the junction station at Highbridge, beyond Bridgewater; and Gloucester from Bristol. These cities are described in the volume of CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND, in this series. Those who have travelled with us thus far will, we trust, have laid up in their summer rambles ample subjects for pleasant recollection by the winter fire-side, and be enabled to compare the knowledge of their own country, obtained by them at a slight cost, and during a short leisure, with the hurried and expensive visit to some foreign country of neighbours who have returned with a thinned purse and confused memories. At least they will escape the poet's reproach "What's within our ken Owl-like we blink at, and direct our search Whilst here, at Home, upon our very thresholds, Of interest wonderful." Carew, legend of, 437. Carrington the poet, 462, 482. Castle an Dinas, 539, 545; Ky- Cavendish, Sir R., 461. Charles I., 432, 505, 510. Charles Stuart, Prince, 525. China clay, 463. Chiron bronze, 417. Chudleigh Rock, park, 432. Chun, 536, 539. Chyandour, 531. Cligga, 517. Clovelly Court, Dykes, 554. Cockington, 444. Coins, Phoenician and Egyptian, Coleridge the poet, 420, 421, Colcombe, 416. Colperra, 492. Columb, St., 545. Colyton, 415. Combe-in-Teignhead, 432. Combemartin, 568. Compton Castle, 444. Cook, Capt., 461. Cornish chough, 531; drama, Dazard Head, 548. Delabole Quarries, 552. Dewerstone, 482. Dollar Rock, 539. Drake, Sir Francis, 460, 466, Druidical Circle, 504, 536, 538. Duloe, 504. Dummeer Wood, 513. Dunstanville, Lord, 470. Dupash Hall, 493. East Budleigh, 422. 585 Exmouth, 422; church, 424; Falmouth, 519; title of, 520. Feock's, St., 523. Fishery, pilchard, 452. Fonts, 425, 431, 432, 441. Fowey, 506; St. David's Fort, French descents, 431, 451, 460. Gainsborough, 575. Gallantry Bower, 452, 556. Geology, 415, 416, 444, 499, 522, George III., 481, 494. German's, St., 495. Giant's Hedge, 498. Gilbert, Sir H., 450, 458. Glanville, Sir J., 465, 484, 486. Gluvias, St. 517. Godolphin, Mrs., 525, 528. Gogmagog, 467. Golden, 515. |