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glad to catch hold of the railing along the path once and awhile. On reaching the bottom and turning around a corner we were surprised to find ourselves in Lynouth. There is not much difference between the two villages except the advantage one has of being on a hill and the other down below. We did not attempt to walk up to Lynton, but took the incline, run by water power, that has run for fourteen years without having an accident.

July 12, 1908

Sunday afternoon we walked along the cliffs to the Valley of Rocks. One side of the path the cliffs went straight down into the sea and on the other rose high up above our heads. Some of the rocks looked as if they had been placed there by human hands.

The floor of the valley was carpeted with ferns as high as your waist and shut in from the sea by the hills of rocks. In the valley on a hill was the picturesque ruins of a castle and below was Ley Abby on the shore of it's little bay. Some cattle were grazing behind the Abby and