7. Natural History 41 8. A Peregrination of the Coast: 1, The Bristol Channel 55 9. A Peregrination of the Coast: 2, The English Channel 65 10. Coastal Gains and Losses. Sandbanks. Lighthouses 79 11. Climate and Rainfall 88 12. People--Race. Dialects. Settlements. Population 97 13. Agriculture--Main Cultivations. Woodlands. Stock 104 14. Industries and Manufactures 111 15. Mines and Minerals 119 16. Fisheries and Fishing Stations 124 17. Shipping and Trade 129 18. History of Devonshire 136 19. Antiquities 152 20. Architecture--(_a_) Ecclesiastical. Cathedral, Churches, Abbeys and Monastic Houses 167 21. Architecture--(_b_) Military. Castles 185 22. Architecture--(_c_) Domestic. Famous Seats, Manor Houses, Farms, Cottages 192 23. Communications: Past and Present--Roads, Railways, Canals 202 24. Administration and Divisions--Ancient and Modern 208 25. The Roll of Honour of the County 213 26. The Chief Towns and Villages of Devonshire 225 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Devonshire in the Exeter Domesday Book. _Phot._ Worth & Co 3 King Tor, near Tavistock. _Phot._ Frith 5 A Typical Devon Stream--Watersmeet, Lynmouth. _Phot._ Coates & Co. 6 A Devon Valley--Yawl Bottom, Uplyme. _Phot._ Frith 7 Glen Lyn, near Lynmouth. _Phot._ Coates & Co. 9 The Upper Dart, from the Moors. _Phot._ Frith 12 Tavy Cleave, showing disintegrated granite 14 On Lundy 17 The River Exe at Tiverton. _Phot._ Frith 21 On the Dart; Sharpham Woods. _Phot._ Frith 24 The Axe at Axminster Bridge. _Phot._ Frith 26 Bideford and the Torridge Estuary. _Phot._ Frith 28 Geological Section across England 32 Logan Stone, Dartmoor. Phot. Frith 34 A smoothly-weathered granite Tor, Dartmoor. _Phot._ Frith 36 Footprints of _Cheirotherium_. _Phot._ H. G. Herring 38