. The North Devon coast. 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
. The North Devon coast. 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. THE gUAY, CLOVELLY. cliff of Gallantry Bower protrudes a shelteringshoulder ; the smoke from Clovelly chimneys onstill days ascending perpendicularly against itsdark green background, with a comforting, cosysense of snug homesteads, sufficient though Red Lion stands prominently here, anodd building with something of a Swiss suggestion,and a tunnel through its lieavy mass leading to acobble-stoned courtyard, where you see an up- THE OUAY POOL 221 turned boat or two, a scatter of domestic fowlssearching for grains, and making shift with sea-weed ; and perliaps one of those patient, all-en-during little Clovelly donkeys, submitting to be
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