DAWLISH  , a watering-

place in the Ashburton parliamentary division of Devonshire, England, on the English Channel, near the outflow of the Exe, 12 M . S. of Exeter by the Great Western railway . Pop. of urban district (1901) 4003 . It lies on a cove sheltered by two projecting headlands . A small stream which flows through the town is lined on both sides by pleasure-grounds . Dawlish owes its prosperity to the visitors attracted, in spring and early summer, by the warm climate and excellent bathing . An annual pleasure fair is held on Easter Monday, and a regatta in August or September . Until its sale in the 19th century, the site of Dawlish belonged to Exeter cathedral, having been given to the chapter by Leofric, bishop of Exeter, in 1050 .