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Devonshire
Francis A. Knight and Louie M. Knight Dutton
Red cliffs, moorland tors, and green river valleys: Devonshire holds some of England's most varied country. Knight surveys its shape, boundaries, rivers, geology, and natural history, mapping the county from coast to coast. A thorough regional portrait for traveler and student alike. Explore the land between two seas, feature by feature.
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31 chapters
- 1DEVONSHIRE
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5MAPS
- 61. County and Shire. The Name Devonshire.
- 72. General Characteristics.
- 83. Size. Shape. Boundaries.
- 94. Surface and General Features.
- 105. Watershed. Rivers and the tracing of their courses. Lakes.
- 116. Geology.
- 127. Natural History.
- 138. A Peregrination of the Coast: 1, The Bristol Channel.
- 149. A Peregrination of the Coast: 2, The English Channel.
- 1510. Coastal Gains and Losses. Sandbanks. Lighthouses.
- 1611. Climate and Rainfall.
- 1712. People—Race. Dialects. Settlements. Population.
- 1813. Agriculture—Main Cultivations. Woodlands. Stock.
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