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The Juvenil Tourist; Or Excussion Through Various Parts of the Island of Great Britain
The Juvenil Tourist Or Excussion Through Various Parts of the Island of Great Britain Author:John Evans General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1805 Original Publisher: James Cundie Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can se... more »lect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER V. Exeteb; Its Antiquity; Its Castle; Execution or PENBCDDOCK ; ASSIZES ; TBIAL OP PBISONEBS, AND THEIB Conviction; Cathedral; Anecdote Of Bpbnet; Mo- NUMEMT OF JODOZ DODDEBIBOE ; MHGULAB JUBY ; CU- Bious Clock; Painted Window; Dissentebs; Anec- Dotes Of Exeter; Descbiption Of Honiton; Its CHUHCH AND CHUBCH-YABD; A QUAKERS1 EETINO ; SPECIMENS OF NATURAL HISTORY. SEAR SIR, IN my last letter a sketch was attempted of the rural beauties of Sidmouth and its vicinity. Scenery so distant from the metropolis, and of course so little known to the generality of our countrymen, boasts some degree of novelty. Happy should I think myself bad I been successful in its description. But Exeter, justly pronounced the metropolis of the west of England; and Honiton, pleasingly situated, must now engage our attention. The town and the country possess their respective charms; nor should the advantages of either be fastidiously rejected. Exeter is an ancient city, and its name is a contraction of Excester, which signifies a Castle on the Ex. Athelstan, one of the West Saxon kings, first gave it . the name of Exeter; baying, before that period, been called Monchton, from the great number of monasteries with which it abounded. The Castle of Rougemont, in this city, is supposed to have been built by the West Saxon kings, and to have been the place of their residence. It lies on an eminence, whence opens a prospect towards the English Channel, about ten miles to the south. Here is also a terrace walk, with a double row of elms, much frequented by the inhabitants. The ancien...« less