was carried. Chumleigh has a weekly Market on Thursday, and an annual Fair in July.

CLOVELLY, a village, with 941 inhabitants, is situated on a romantic steep adjoining the sea, at a short distance from Hartland, and is the principal place on this coast for the herring fishery. To the south-east, above the Cliffs, are some remains of an encampment called Clovelly Dikes; they are of a square form, but the period of their erection is unknown.

COLLUMPTON is seated on the river Culm, about ten miles from Exeter, and 160 from London. It principally consists of one long street, through which the high road from Exeter to Bath and Bristol passes, from which circumstance Collumpton derives great advantages. This town has also some considerable manufactures of woollen cloths, serges, &c.; and broad cloth is made, although not to any great extent: the population is 3410 persons, most of whom are employed in the above branches of trade.

The Church is a large and handsome structure, with a lofty tower at the west end. The interior is neat, and the roof is finely carved and gilt: a richly sculptured rood-loft separates the nave from the chancel. The southern aisle was built in 1527 by John Lane, a clothier of this town, and is of the elegant architecture in use at that period. Beside its Church, Collumpton has several Dissenting Chapels, and a Free School. The Market-day is Saturday, and two Fairs are held annually.

COLYTON is situated on the river Cole, near its junction with the Axe, 150 miles from London. It is an ancient town, and King John granted to the inhabitants the privilege of holding a Fair during eight days: it is now governed by a Portreeve, annually chosen; and the petty sessions for the hundred are held here. The Church is a spacious building, with an octagonal tower, and contains several monuments, among which is one with an effigy of a child, said to have been a grand-daughter of Edward IV., who was choked by a fish-bone. The population of this town, according to the last census, was 1915 persons.

The Market-day is Thursday, and it has two annuál Fairs.

COMBE MARTIN, a straggling village, which derives its name from its situation in a deep valley (or Combe) surrounded by hills, except towards the sea; and Martin de Turon, to whom it was granted by the Conqueror. It is four miles from Ilfracombe, and had a weekly Market, which has long been discontinued. This place was formerly celebrated for the quantity of silver found interspersed with galena in its mines, and this precious metal continued to be met with from the thirteenth century to nearly the close of the sixteenth; the mines are now, however, exhausted, or at least require the assistance of expensive machinery for draining off the water, &c. to render further workings practicable. An attempt was made, some years ago, to raise the necessary funds by the formation of a Company, but although a considerable sum was subscribed in London, the scheme has been long abandoned. This village has a Church, dedicated to St. Peter; the population, in 1821, was 1032. The houses are scattered, in the most picturesque manner, along a dale, which extends a mile from the sea-shore. "The scenery of this dale," says Maton," is really magnificent; its more prominent parts are singularly striking, and have the happiest accompaniments imaginable. A well-broken, lofty pile of rocks, rises on one side of a little creek, and constitutes the termination of a ridge, deliciously wooded towards the village, and answered by hills of equal boldness opposite. From the brows of the rock hang a few tufts of foliage, spared by the rude blasts of the main; the waves buffet the partial verdure at the base. The road winds down by two or three tempest-torn cottages, which a painter would consider inestimable, as they are exactly on that part of the precipice, where he himself would have placed them for the advantage of his picture."

CREDITON.

This ancient and extensive town is situated between two hills, on the river Crede, and is seven miles from Exeter, and 180 from the metropolis. It is about a mile in length, and is divided into East and West;

the last named portion was of much greater extent than it is at present, nearly 500 houses having been destroyed by fire in 1743, and many others by a second conflagration in 1769, which calamities have been but partially repaired as to number, although the new buildings are of superior appearance. Under the Saxon dynasty Crediton was the seat of the Bishop of this diocese, and twelve prelates filled the episcopal throne, between 924, when the dignity was transferred from Bishop's Tawton, and 1049, when it was finally removed to Exeter. The ancient Cathedral, according to Leland, was situated on one side of the present burial ground; this spot is now covered with houses, and not a vestige of the sacred edifice remains. After its disuse as a Cathedral, it was constituted a Collegiate Church, and so continued until the Dissolution, when its revenues were estimated at £332. 178. 8d. per annum: its possessions were then granted to various persons, and a portion of its lands, with the Church, was appropriated by Edward VI to the endowment of a Free Grammar School.

The present Church, called Holy Cross, is a spacious building, in the form of a cross, having a central tower, 100 feet high, supported by four massive pillars. The interior is neat, being floored and pewed with more attention than is usually observed. It has a very large window at the west end, richly decorated with tracery, and a similar one at the east, over a painted altar-piece. A Sunday School is held in a part of this edifice, and a small Library, now much neglected, still exists over the south porch. A Charity School for 40 poor children; another Sunday School, connected with a Dissenting Meeting-house; and the Grammar School mentioned above, amply provide for the education of all classes. The Markethouse is a handsome building, erected after the great fire of 1769; the Market-day is Saturday, when, beside the usual articles of food, &c. large quantities of wool and yarn are disposed of, as well as at the Fairs, of which three are held annually. A manufactory of serges employs a great portion of the inhabitants, whose number, in 1821, was 5515. The town is governed by a Portreeve, and was represented by two Members in a single Parliament of Edward I, in the year 1307.

Crediton gave birth to the celebrated St. Boniface, who was born here about 680. Inspired with an ardent zeal for the propagation of Christianity, he passed over to Friesland in 715, and attempted to convert the Pagans of that country. Meeting with some success, he afterwards travelled through the greater part of Germany, and on his return to Rome in 723, the Pope, in that plenitude of power which he was then supposed to possess, created him Bishop, and afterwards Archbishop, of that extensive country. In 746 he was confirmed in his primacy, but took the title of Archbishop of Mentz. In that city he remained some years, but at length, with a degree of self-denial scarcely credible in these days, resigned his see, and proceeded to Utrecht with the view of completing the conversion of the Frieslanders. Here he laboured with diligence and success during about two years; but in 755, while holding a confirmation of his proselytes, he and fifty of the monks, his companions, were murdered by the Pagans. He was afterwards canonized, and is considered by the Romish church as a martyr. His writings have been published, and are said to be "only remarkable for the barbarity of their style, and the ignorance they exhibit of the real nature of the doctrines he preached." It is very probable that his zeal exceeded his knowledge; but the praise of sincerity and honest meaning can scarcely be denied to a man who passes 40 years of his existence in incessant toil, amid forests and wildernesses, exposed to the insults and malice of ruthless barbarians, and at last lays down his life in the cause for which he had so long been labouring.

DARTMOOR.

This extensive waste, which comprises nearly all the country between Oakhampton, Ashburton, and the river Tamar, is at an average 20 miles in length, and 14 in breadth, and is estimated to contain 100,000 acres. It appertains to the Duchy of Cornwall, and under the patronage of his late Majesty George IV, when Prince of Wales, several thousand acres were cleared and brought into cultivation, but the greater part of it still remains barren and rugged. It is in many districts hilly, or rather mountainous; but it is most strikingly distinguished by the vast masses of

granite which are scattered over its surface, and from their great size are visible at the distance of many miles: they are called Tors, and the most remarkable of these is Crockern Tor, which Mr. Polwhele conjectures to have been a place of meeting for the British legislators of this island long previous to the Roman invasion; it was used until a recent period for the Stannary Parliaments, or Courts, and a chair for the Warden, seats for the Jurors, and a table, all rudely hewn out of the rough moor-stone, existed here till the last century. At present, after a few formalities, the Court is adjourned to one of the Stannary towns.

Several circles of stones, supposed to be of Druidical origin, are found on various parts of Dartmoor. At Drew Steignton are the remains of two circles, each about 90 feet in diameter; one of these encloses a cromlech, consisting of three large upright stones, supporting a fourth; many very large detached stones are scattered around in every direction, some of which are erect, but the greater part have fallen down. Near this place, in the Teign, is a curious Logan, or Rocking stone, of great size, wonderfully poised upon another mass of granite, imbedded in the river: two other stones, of the same description, but not so large, exist in the neighbourhood. Some rude stone structures, of a circular form, which are met with in various parts of this extensive moor, are believed by Polwhele to be the remains of British villages, and, if so, are certainly curious relics of the aboriginal inhabitants of this island.

This district abounds with mineral treasures: about five miles from Tavistock is a rich copper mine called Huel Friendship, and one mile from this are Huel Jewel, and Huel Unity, two tin mines. Three miles westward of Drew Steignton is Bradford Pool, formerly a tin mine, nearly half a mile in circumference. Several of the streams of Devonshire have their sources on this moor, and Cranmeer Pool, a lake in the highest part of the waste, is, says Risden, "the mother of many rivers," among others of the Dart. Near the road from Tavistock to Ashburton is an extensive building, erected for the confinement of French prisoners during the war, but since converted into a settlement for poor agricultural la