Uncle Tom hailed us, and we went on board the Dolphin to supper.  Of course we heard many anecdotes about that part of the country.  Uncle Tom, who had spent some time at Sidmouth, described it to us.  The surrounding scenery is highly picturesque.  It was while residing here, for the sake of his health, that the Duke of Kent died.  In the same house the Queen spent much of her childhood.