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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 561 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CLOVELLY , a fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village in the See also:

BARNSTAPLE

Barnstaple See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Devonshire, See also:

England, i1 m. W.S.W. of See also:

BIDEFORD

Bideford. Pop. (1901) 621. It is a cluster of old-fashioned 'cottages in a unique position on the sides of a rocky cleft in the See also:

north See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast; its See also:

main See also:

street resembles a See also:

STAIRCASE

staircase which descends 400 ft. to the See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, too steeply to allow of any wheeled See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic. Thick See also:

woods shelter it on three sides, and render the See also:

CLIMATE

climate so mild that fuchsias and other delicate See also:

PLANTS

plants flourish in midwinter. All See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints' See also:

church, restored in 1866, is See also:

LATE

late See also:

Norman, containing several monuments to the Carys, lords of the See also:

MANOR

manor for 600 years. The surrounding scenery is famous for its richness of See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, especially in the grounds of See also:

Cary See also:

Court, and along " The See also:

HOBBY

Hobby," a road cut through the woods and overlooking the See also:

sea. Clovelly is described by See also:

DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens in A See also:

MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

Message from the Sea.

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