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APPENDIX.
BY BOAT—UP THE RIVER TAMAR.
[FROM PLYMOUTH TO THE WEIR HEAD.]
[For the convenience of the tourist who undertakes this delightful excursion,
we have arranged the following Table,
[The voyager will survey in succes¬
sion the various Government build¬
ings of busy Devonport—the Vic¬
tualling Yard, the Dockyard, New
Passage, and the clanging factories
of Keyham. The numerous men-
of-war and frigates, in ordinary,
steamers, hulks, cutters, barges,
boats, lend a wonderful animation
to the scene.]
Miixbbook, and
St. John’s Lake—small but pic¬
turesque inlets.
Torpoint.
Thankes, Lord Graves.
Antony House, W. Pole Carew,
Esq., M.P. The Lynher runs up to
the thriving town of St. Germans.
Saltash, a busy town, with a curious
combination of old and new in its
aspect (see p. 142), 251 m. by rail
from London.
Landulph. The church stands on
the bank of an inlet which runs up
to Botes Fleming, passing the
woods of Moditonham, J. Carpen¬
ter, Esq. In the former is a monu¬
mental brass, with long inscription,
to Theodore Paleologus, last des¬
cendant of the Greek emperors, who
was buried here, 1636.
The banks of the rive
ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE
(Cornwall Railway),
60 feet above the river, and 2240
feet in length.
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A beautiful and well-wooded creek
runs inland, about 3 m., to Tamer-
ton Foliot. On the right hand lies
Budshead, and on the left rises
Warleigh Tor.
Junction of the river Taw. 1 m.
up the Tavy is Warleigh, Rev. W.
Radcliffe.
Hall’s Hole, a village celebrated
for its cherries. The river beyond
this point makes. a bold curve,
sweeping round an abrupt projec¬
tion of the land.