. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . LOOKING SEAWARD FROM THE DEER-PARK I67 168 fIDount jgfcgcumbe windows. Visitors are generally shown this first, as the unex-pected sight of such a view and the position of the Kiosk on theverge of the evergreen-clothed hill descending precipitously tothe sea is striking. The panorama from the top of the park embraces, on thesouth and east, Cawsand Bay, where the fleet lay before theBreakwater was built, sheltered by Penlee Point; the a needles point on the horizon ; the Mewstone rock-islet,and the receding headlands of Dev
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . LOOKING SEAWARD FROM THE DEER-PARK I67 168 fIDount jgfcgcumbe windows. Visitors are generally shown this first, as the unex-pected sight of such a view and the position of the Kiosk on theverge of the evergreen-clothed hill descending precipitously tothe sea is striking. The panorama from the top of the park embraces, on thesouth and east, Cawsand Bay, where the fleet lay before theBreakwater was built, sheltered by Penlee Point; the a needles point on the horizon ; the Mewstone rock-islet,and the receding headlands of Devon ; the Breakwater andSound, with the forts and cliffs of Staddon. On the north andwest, Plymouth and Devonport are fair to see, with their numer-ous monuments and towers (though perhaps, as in other cases,distance lends enchantment to the view ), backed by the blueDartmoor tors, the dockyard and the harbour, extending to thedouble arch of the Royal Albert railway bridge where it spans thebroad Tamar; and then more blue hills show where the Cornishmoo
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