THE COAST, TO COUNTISBURY AND GLENTHORNE 35 CHAPTER V THE NORTH WALK--THE VALLEY OF ROCKS--LEE “ABBEY”--WOODA BAY-- HEDDON’S MOUTH--TRENTISHOE--THE HANGMAN HILLS 44 CHAPTER VI COMBEMARTIN, AND ITS OLD SILVER MINES--THE CHURCH--WATERMOUTH CASTLE--HELE 71 CHAPTER VII “’COMBE” IN HISTORY--MODERN ’COMBE--THE OLD CHURCH 84 CHAPTER VIII LUNDY--HISTORY OF THE ISLAND--WRECK OF THE “MONTAGU”--LUNDY OFFERED AT AUCTION--DESCRIPTION 106 CHAPTER IX CHAMBERCOMBE AND ITS “HAUNTED HOUSE”--BERRYNARBOR 123 CHAPTER X LEE--MORTE POINT--MORTHOE AND THE TRACY LEGEND--WOOLACOMBE-- GEORGEHAM--CROYDE--SAUNTON SANDS--BRAUNTON, BRAUNTON BURROWS, AND LIGHTHOUSE 131 CHAPTER XI PILTON--BARNSTAPLE BRIDGE--OLD COUNTRY WAYS--BARUM--HISTORY AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE--OLD HOUSES--“SEVEN BRETHREN BANK”-- FREMINGTON--INSTOW AND THE LOVELY TORRIDGE 155 CHAPTER XII KINGSLEY AND “WESTWARD HO!”--BIDEFORD BRIDGE--THE GRENVILLES-- SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE AND THE “REVENGE”--THE ARMADA GUNS-- BIDEFORD CHURCH--THE POSTMAN POET 177 CHAPTER XIII THE KINGSLEY STATUE--NORTHAM--“BLOODY CORNER”--APPLEDORE-- WESTWARD HO! AND THE PEBBLE RIDGE 197 CHAPTER XIV ABBOTSHAM--“WOOLSERY”--BUCK’S MILL 205 CHAPTER XV CLOVELLY--“UP ALONG” AND “DOWN ALONG”--THE “NEW INN”-- APPRECIATIVE AMERICANS--THE QUAY POOL--THE HERRING FISHERY 208 CHAPTER XVI MOUTH MILL AND BLACK CHURCH ROCK--THE COAST TO HARTLAND-- HARTLAND POINT--HARTLAND ABBEY--HARTLAND QUAY 224 INDEX 245 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Lynmouth, from the Beach _Frontispiece_ PAGE Map of North Devon Coast 1 Headpiece 1 Watersmeet 6 Lynmouth and the Tors, from the Beach 12 Lyndale Bridge 17 Lynmouth, from the Tors Hotel 18 Lynton 24 The “Blue Ball” 37 Glenthorne 42 The Valley of Rocks 47 Lee “Abbey” 53