UNDER SAIL THROUGH RED DEVON By Raymond Cattell
Mr. Cattell has written an original and useful 'guide—for those who have some sailing skill—to South Devon. In Under Sail Through Red Devon (Maclehose, us. 6d.) he tells in detail of four voyages in and round the county by sea and river, covering altogether about 230 miles of water, made in a 13- foot boat—" a specially-designed cross between a canoe, a dinghy and a sailing- boat." Devon, with its Many rivers and deeply penetrating inlets and creeks, lends itself to this form of exploration better than any other county perhaps, and Mr. Cattell convinces us that it is the best way of seeing its beauties. Besides writing a quite entertaining account of his experiences, the author had endeavoured to make his book a general guide to the places that can be visited, and his historical and topographical notes are adequate. He might, however, have spared us some of the rather heavy backchat between him and his com- panion. It only makes the book bulkier and therefore less suitable for its main purpose of being taken on such a trip as it describes.
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