A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . eceives their several rills. Several steamers make the trip every day during theseason, running, if the tide suits, as far up as Weir course, there is no reason why a small boat and acouple of rowers, or a motor boat, should not be hiredand the day spent in thoroughly doing the is a pleasant way of seeing the many charmingspots on the banks, and there is more opportunity ofappreciating the natural beauties which the journeydiscloses. But most visitors prefer the c
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . eceives their several rills. Several steamers make the trip every day during theseason, running, if the tide suits, as far up as Weir course, there is no reason why a small boat and acouple of rowers, or a motor boat, should not be hiredand the day spent in thoroughly doing the is a pleasant way of seeing the many charmingspots on the banks, and there is more opportunity ofappreciating the natural beauties which the journeydiscloses. But most visitors prefer the cheaper, quicker,and more prosaic steamer. After we have passed through the Hamoaze, and theTamar has received its last considerable tributary in theTavy, the stream suddenly narrows, and the remains ofold silver-lead mines are seen. These mines and othersin the locality were once worked to great profit, asmuch as a hundred pounds of silver having been producedfrom a ton of ore. They became less valuable, how-ever, and the competition of richer mines abroad ledto their abandonment. On the Cornish side is the.
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