A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . THE HOE 53 seems to screen it from the sea. The eastward viewalso comprises the lakelike expanse of the Plym, calledCattewater, from which branches Sutton Pool. Muchof the sea trade of Plymouth passes Batten Breakwateron its way to and from the wharves and quays of Catte-water and Sutton Pool, and in some lights this ancientharbour of Plymouth, with the white villages dottingits banks and the hills and woods in the background,makes a picture which is a perfect gem in its
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . THE HOE 53 seems to screen it from the sea. The eastward viewalso comprises the lakelike expanse of the Plym, calledCattewater, from which branches Sutton Pool. Muchof the sea trade of Plymouth passes Batten Breakwateron its way to and from the wharves and quays of Catte-water and Sutton Pool, and in some lights this ancientharbour of Plymouth, with the white villages dottingits banks and the hills and woods in the background,makes a picture which is a perfect gem in its way. If we turn from the sea towards the land we get fromthe Hoe a fine prospect of Plymouth, especially of itsnewer portions. The old town lies under the shelterof the Hoe ; while the spires and towers and chimneysof modern Plymouth rise from the slopes which extendnorthward until they appear to be overshadowed by thegaunt monarchs of Dartmoor, many hundred feet abovethe level of Plymouth Sound. Leaving these distant prospects, let us now explorethe Hoe and its surroundings. It is interesting tonote, in passing, that
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