. The North Devon coast. uch inspiration. Quaint epitaphsare found, notably : Think not that yontli will keep yon free, For Deatli at twenty-seven months called off nie. To visit the cliff-top of Gallantry Bower, inClovelly Park, a fee is demanded, as also to seeMouth Mill ; the receipts, in common with thosepaid for entrance to the Hobby Drive, being de-voted, it is announced, to local charities. NowClovelly is a small place, and prosperous, thereceipts large, and the demands for charity neces-sarily small : it seems to an unprejudiced observertliat tlie statement needs to be ami)lified. More
. The North Devon coast. uch inspiration. Quaint epitaphsare found, notably : Think not that yontli will keep yon free, For Deatli at twenty-seven months called off nie. To visit the cliff-top of Gallantry Bower, inClovelly Park, a fee is demanded, as also to seeMouth Mill ; the receipts, in common with thosepaid for entrance to the Hobby Drive, being de-voted, it is announced, to local charities. NowClovelly is a small place, and prosperous, thereceipts large, and the demands for charity neces-sarily small : it seems to an unprejudiced observertliat tlie statement needs to be ami)lified. More- 224 MOUTH MILL 225 over, it is not altogether fair that visitors shouldbe taxed by the owners of Clovelly Court, whoreceive an excellent rent-roll from Clovelly village,and should thus relieve themselves of a naturalobligation to return in charity a percentage ofthe tribute they are paid. But now for Mouth Mill. Disregarding allnotices with such flapdoodle as Private, and Trespassers will be prosecuted, generally known. CLOVELLY, FROM THE SEA. among lawyers as wooden liars, you turn fromClovelly churchyard into a farmyard, then left andthen right, along some park-like paths ; soonfinding yourself on a rough upland in companywith a rude signpost pointing a wizened finger To Hartland. On the right is a gate marked Private, leading into a woodland drive. Tak-ing no notice of that impudent attempt to warnthe inoffensive stranger off a remarkably prettycoast scene, you descend through the woods by a 29 226 THE NORTH DEVON COAST well-defined road, and come at last to Mouth Mill ;one of the typical gullies of this coast, with astream losing itself on a beach composed of giantpebbles and strange, contorted rocks. A lonelycottage, the usual limekiln, and a landing-place,obviously where the Clovell}^ Court coals arelanded, are the items completing the scene. Apyramidal rock of almost coal-black hue discloses
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