. The North Devon coast. A CLOVELLY DONKEY, or another, a good many incorrect representationsof riovelly are taken away in tlie course of theyear. Halfway down to the sea, between this steeplydescending line of white houses—every one ofthem old, except that modern annexe of the NewInn —is tlie sharp turn where a breast-highrough stone wall, connnanding views over tlie sea, THE QUAY POOL 219 is known as the Look Out. Liimediately below,the road runs under one of the old houses, called Temple Bar, and thereafter goes zigzagging down tu TEMPLE BAR. The Quay and the Quay pool compose themos
. The North Devon coast. A CLOVELLY DONKEY, or another, a good many incorrect representationsof riovelly are taken away in tlie course of theyear. Halfway down to the sea, between this steeplydescending line of white houses—every one ofthem old, except that modern annexe of the NewInn —is tlie sharp turn where a breast-highrough stone wall, connnanding views over tlie sea, THE QUAY POOL 219 is known as the Look Out. Liimediately below,the road runs under one of the old houses, called Temple Bar, and thereafter goes zigzagging down tu TEMPLE BAR. The Quay and the Quay pool compose themost miniature of harbours : the quay itself beinga small but massive masonry pier, with a lowerwalk, an upper w^alk, and a breast-wall, curvingout from a narrow strand. At high tide the water 220 THE NORTH DEVON COAST off this pier looks so deep, and the waves ragewith .such fury, that it is with something the effectof a dramatic revelation you find the ebb capableof receding so far as to leave pier and pool alikequite dry, and the boats all canted at absurdhelpless angles. Over this little scene, the tall, sheer, tree-fringed
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