South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . DARTMOOR 131 absence of any outline at all, has won for it a local reputationfor beauty. In venturing on these remarks, we are anxious not to discouragetourists from putting them to the test of experience. Thosewho have learnt to appreciate the health of body and exhilarationof spirit which are the natural products of the pure, bracing air ofa continuous upland region, need be no Mark Tapleys to enjoy atrudge over even the dreariest of the long Dartmoor ridges, andall will delight in the one or two oa
South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . DARTMOOR 131 absence of any outline at all, has won for it a local reputationfor beauty. In venturing on these remarks, we are anxious not to discouragetourists from putting them to the test of experience. Thosewho have learnt to appreciate the health of body and exhilarationof spirit which are the natural products of the pure, bracing air ofa continuous upland region, need be no Mark Tapleys to enjoy atrudge over even the dreariest of the long Dartmoor ridges, andall will delight in the one or two oases which the moor itselfpossesses, and the really glorious views obtained during the walkswhich we shall describe over what we may call the frontier heightsof the moor. There are two dangers to guard against, viz., fogand bog. To guard against the first named a compass and goodmap are necessary, and happy he who possesses the bump oflocality. The bogs are generally covered with particularly greenmoss wherein cotton grass thrives, and are not to be dreadedby anyone exercising an ordinary
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