This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...Gentlemen, I am sorry to say the reserve price of 25,000 has not been reached, and the lot is withdrawn." And so Lundy up to date remains, as it has been, in the hoary jokes of over seventy years past, "the Kingdom of Heaven." Mr. Heaven's residence stands near by the landing-place, and the venerable clergyman has long ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...Gentlemen, I am sorry to say the reserve price of 25,000 has not been reached, and the lot is withdrawn." And so Lundy up to date remains, as it has been, in the hoary jokes of over seventy years past, "the Kingdom of Heaven." Mr. Heaven's residence stands near by the landing-place, and the venerable clergyman has long been a prominent figure, walking down to the beach occasionally, to gaze upon the people of the outer world, or to entrust some trustworthylooking person with a letter to be posted; for in the official course it is only a weekly mail-service from Instow. The modern church of St. Helena, built at a cost of 6,500, was completed in 1897 and is capable of holding the entire population of Lundy, eight times over. Does any one expect active colonisation? A new lighthouse looks down from Lamator upon the landing, and lights also the other side, where the disastrous Shutter Rock lies in wait for shipping. It is a famous rock, finding mention in "Westward Ho," as the scene of the wreck of the Spanish ship, Santa Catherina, when Amyas Leigh was baulked of his own personal revenge. It stands up, in pyramidal form, outside the gloomy cleft of the "Devil's Limekiln," some 370 feet deep. It is the "shutter" rock because of the popular belief that, if it could be placed in the " Limekiln," it would exactly fit. Outside rises Black Rock. Near the older lighthouse are the ruins of St. Helen's chapel, with, beyond it, the heights of Beacon Hill. Continuing on the western side of the island, we come to the old Signal Battery, whence guns were fired in misty weather, and so to Quarter Wall, built by Benson's convicts across the isle. A number of yawning cracks in the upland, sloping down to the s...
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Add this copy of The North Devon Coast to cart. $28.72, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
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