Chapter I: Front Matter

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A BOOK OF CORNWALL

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
THE TRAGEDY OF THE CÆSARS
THE DESERT OF SOUTHERN FRANCE
STRANGE SURVIVALS
SONGS OF THE WEST
A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG
OLD COUNTRY LIFE
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES
HISTORIC ODDITIES
OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
AN OLD ENGLISH HOME
THE VICAR OF MORWENSTOW
FREAKS OF FANATICISM
A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

A BOOK OF BRITTANY
A BOOK OF DARTMOOR
A BOOK OF DEVON
A BOOK OF NORTH WALES
A BOOK OF SOUTH WALES
A BOOK OF THE RIVIERA
A BOOK OF THE RHINE

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A BOOK OF CORNWALL

by

S. BARING-GOULD

Author of "A Book of Brittany," "A Book of the Riviera," etc.

With Thirty-Three Illustrations

NEW EDITION

Methuen & Co. 36 Essex Street W.C. London

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_First Published_ _August 1899_ _Second Edition_ _September 1902_ _New Edition_ _1906_

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CORNISH SAINTS 1

II. THE HOLY WELLS 28

III. CORNISH CROSSES 38

IV. CORNISH CASTLES 44

V. TIN MINING 52

VI. LAUNCESTON 67

VII. CALLINGTON 96

VIII. CAMELFORD 114

IX. BUDE 134

X. SALTASH 151

XI. BODMIN 163

XII. THE TWO LOOES 173

XIII. FOWEY 188

XIV. THE FAL 200

XV. NEWQUAY 214

XVI. THE LIZARD 242

XVII. SMUGGLING 263

XVIII. PENZANCE 282

XIX. THE LAND'S END 305

XX. THE SCILLY ISLES 329

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ILLUSTRATIONS

CORNISH FISHERMEN _Frontispiece_
From a photograph by the Rev. F. Partridge.
S. MELOR'S WELL, LINKINHORNE _To face page_ 28
From a photograph by the Rev. A. H. Malan.

WELL CHAPEL OF S. CLETHER " 33
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

CROSS, S. LEVAN " 38

LAUNCESTON " 44
From an old print.

A TIN MOULD " 62

LAUNCESTON, CHURCH PORCH " 67
From a photograph by the Rev. F. Partridge.

TREWORTHA MARSH " 83
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

PLAN OF HABITATION ON TREWORTHA MARSH " 84
By permission of the _Daily Graphic_.

THE COUNCIL HALL, TREWORTHA MARSH " 85
By permission of the _Daily Graphic_.

CALLINGTON " 96
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

CALLINGTON CROSS " 103
Drawn by F. B. Bond, Esq.

THE CHEESEWRING " 106
From an old engraving.

ARSENIC MANUFACTURE " 109
From a photograph by F. B. Bond, Esq.

ARSENIC WORKS " 110
From a photograph by F. B. Bond, Esq.

KING ARTHUR " 118
From the tomb of Maximilian I. at Innsbruck.

TINTAGEL " 122
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

BEEHIVE HUT " 127
By permission of the _Daily Graphic_.

BUDE " 134
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

MACES AND SEAL OF SALTASH " 151
Drawn by F. D. Bedford, Esq.

IN SALTASH " 152
Drawn by F. D. Bedford, Esq.

ANNE GLANVILLE " 158

CHALICE, SALTASH " 161

PADSTOW HARBOUR " 163
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

FOWEY HARBOUR " 188
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

LOSTWITHIEL BRIDGE " 189
Drawn by F. B. Bond, Esq.

S. MAWE'S CASTLE " 210
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

THE LIZARD " 242
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

GUNWALLOE CHURCH " 254
From a sketch by F. B. Bond, Esq.

MOUNT'S BAY " 262
From a photograph by Messrs. Gibson, Penzance.

LAND'S END " 305
From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq.

CHÛN QUOIT " 326
From an old engraving.

THE PULPIT ROCK, SCILLY " 329
From a photograph.

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CORNWALL

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