Transcriber's Notes ################### This e-text is based on the 1910 edition. The following errors have been corrected. # p. 68: "standstone" --> "sandstone" # p. 71: bad print image; "south of": "of" restored # p. 131: "exent" --> "extent" Italic text in the original version has been placed between underscores (_text_); bold passages have been symbolised by hash marks (#text#). The caret symbol (^) indicates a superscript letter; the symbol [oe] represents the respective ligature. [Illustration: Physical Map of Devon] CAMBRIDGE COUNTY GEOGRAPHIES General Editor: F. H. H. GUILLEMARD, M.A., M.D. DEVONSHIRE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS London: FETTER LANE, E.C. C. F. CLAY, Manager [Illustration] Edinburgh: 100, PRINCES STREET Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO. Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS New York: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. [_All rights reserved_] _Cambridge County Geographies_ DEVONSHIRE by FRANCIS A. KNIGHT AND LOUIE M. (KNIGHT) DUTTON With Maps, Diagrams and Illustrations Cambridge: at the University Press 1910 Cambridge: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREFACE In preparing this book much use has been made of the _Proceedings_ of the Devonshire Association and of the first volume of the _Victoria History of Devon_. The authors also desire to take this opportunity of recording their grateful thanks to Her Gracious Majesty Queen Alexandra for her kindness in providing one of the most interesting illustrations in the volume--the beautiful photograph of the Armada trophy preserved among the Royal plate in Windsor Castle, taken for the purpose of this volume by her command. F. A. K. AND L. M. D. _March, 1910._ CONTENTS PAGE 1. County and Shire. The Name Devonshire 1 2. General Characteristics 4 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries 8 4. Surface and General Features 11 5. Watershed. Rivers and the tracing of their courses. Lakes 20 6. Geology 30