Near the entrance to the harbour stands the small quaint church of ST. PETROCK, and on a point of land below it DARTMOUTH CASTLE. Of its two towers the circular one dates from the reign of Henry VIII. The two platforms mount 12 guns. […] The bay will shelter, it is said, 500 ships, and is lined by busy quays and teeming dockyards. The exports are cider and barley; the imports are fruits, wine, salt, and oil from the Mediterranian [sic], and salt fish and cod from Newfoundland.

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