The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . structin-e, the (Jreat Hall, dates from the reign of liicliard 11.,whose liadge, a white liart chained, appears on one of the doorways. .Soon Totnesconies into view, dimliing the steep right bank and spreading itself over the suinmit,its salient features the ruined ivy-draped shell of tin- Norman castle on lliecrest of the hill, and the ruddy pinnacled tower ot the church. Totnes lias not .scrupled to claim to be the oldest town in Kngland. and, (piitehalf way up the acclivity, far abo
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . structin-e, the (Jreat Hall, dates from the reign of liicliard 11.,whose liadge, a white liart chained, appears on one of the doorways. .Soon Totnesconies into view, dimliing the steep right bank and spreading itself over the suinmit,its salient features the ruined ivy-draped shell of tin- Norman castle on lliecrest of the hill, and the ruddy pinnacled tower ot the church. Totnes lias not .scrupled to claim to be the oldest town in Kngland. and, (piitehalf way up the acclivity, far above the highest water-mark of the Dart, thev showthe .stone on which lirutc .set foot at the end of his voyaga> from ruined i)laces can better afford to dispense with fabulous jiretensions, for theevidences of its antirpiitv di-claie themselves on <very hand. Its name is allowedto l»e ,Ldo-SaNon. and i( is thought to lie not impiohalile that its castle first a stroiiLjhold. A considerable jiart of the ancient wall is left The Dart.] TOTNES AND ITS ANTIQUITY. 43. standin*;, and the East Gatestill divides High Streetfrom Fore Street. Veryquaint and eliainiing are manyof the old houses in the HighStreet, with their gahles andpiazzas; and the venerahleCiulldhall i)reserves its oaken stallsfor the members of the Corporation,?with a canopied centre for theMayor. Below the town is the grace-ful three-arched bridge which connectsit with Bridgetown Pomeroy, on theleft bank; and from this one maydescend by steps to the tiny island in mid-stream, some years ago laid totnes. out as a public garden. It is the ten miles or so of river between Totnes and Dartmouth that haveearned for the Dart the title of the English Rhine. The absurdity of likeningthe inconsiderable Dart, with its placid current and its backing of gently-sloping 44 RirEHS OF GREAT BRITATN. [Thf Dakt. liills. to the brniul ami nisliiii;^- Kliine. Haiikod Ity lofty, castlo-ciowned stO(j)s, li
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