Exmoor National Park.
"A wild open moorland it is, little cultivated, bleak and lonely. The central part is dreary enough: no tor, as upon Dartmoor, breaks its sombre lines; no tree, save in some sheltered combe, softens its stern aspect. But on its borders will be found some of the finest scenery in England; dark, narrow valleys crowded thickly with trees, lit by the white flash of an impetuous torrent dashing headlong over mossy boulders, at one moment caressing, at the next sub- merging, the thickets of fern that fringe its course."
Extract from "An Exploration of Exmoor and the Hill Country of West Somerset" (Open Library).
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