Below the town of Totnes is the quay, at which the steamboat may be entered for the beautiful descent of the Dart to Dartmouth.
On all sides, peeping out of woods, above smooth lawns, backed by orchards, appear numerous smiling villas. It would seem that many well-to-do people have come to the same conclusion as did Brute, and have made Totnes their seat, saying:—
"Here I sit—and here I rest."
And the visitor will think that old Brute was no fool when he said that, and will wish that he could do the same.
Note.—Books on Totnes:—
Cotton ( W. ), Graphic and Historical Sketch of the Antiquities of Totnes. London : Longman, 1850.
Windeatt (E.), "An Historical Sketch of Totnes," in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association, 1880.
Dymond (R.), "Ancient Documents relating to the Civil History of Totnes," in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association, 1880.
