Chapter I: Front Matter

Cornish Saints and Sinners

_By the Same Author_

THE FISHERS

Crown 8vo.

CORNISH
SAINTS & SINNERS

BY
J. HENRY HARRIS
WITH NUMEROUS DRAWINGS BY
L. RAVEN-HILL

LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY. MCMXV

NEW EDITION

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES, ENGLAND

_ILLUSTRATIONS_

THE SMUGGLERS _Frontispiece_

THE ARMS OF CORNWALL _page_ 1

FATHER JOHN AND THE CIDER _facing_ " 6

PADDLING " 9

ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT " 10

ST. MICHAEL AND THE CONGER _facing_ " 16

THE KEIGWIN ARMS, MOUSEHOLE " 19

DOLLY PENTREATH _facing_ " 22

LAND'S END " 27

LIGHT WINDS " 35

ASHORE " 36

THE VILLAGE SHOP, MOUSEHOLE _facing_ " 36

SMUGGLERS " 43

A SHORT CUT _facing_ " 48

LANYON QUOIT " 55

PADSTOW _facing_ " 60

COTTAGE, ST. IVES " 63

KING TEWDRIG AND THE SAINTS _facing_ " 64

ST. IA " " 66

ST. AGNES " 75

THE SMUGGLERS' CAVE " 76

THE LEGEND OF THE CHEESE-WRING _facing_ " 82

TRURO CATHEDRAL " 84

"TAKING SNUFF AND LOOKING LEXICONS" _facing_ " 88

THE PORCH, LAUNCESTON CHURCH " " 92

SMILER'S PIOUS CAT " 94

A CORNISH FISH-WIFE _facing_ " 98

A SIDE STREET " 100

OLD COINAGE STREET, PENZANCE " 114

BOSCASTLE HARBOUR _facing_ " 118

BRETON ONION-BOY " 122

MEVAGISSEY _facing_ " 126

A FISH-HAWKER " 136

TWO COTTAGES, MEVAGISSEY _facing_ " 144

AN OLD CORNER, ST. IVES " 147

ON THE SANDS " 156

THE PILLORY, LOOE " 157

MAKING CRAB POTS _facing_ " 158

A TAIL-PIECE " 167

AN ALLEY " 168

OLD NEWLYN _facing_ " 168

A CORNISH INTERIOR " 178

THE OLD MILL _facing_ " 178

PERRAN PORTH " 187

GORRAN HARBOUR " 188

HOMEWARD BOUND " 197

PRINCESS OLWEN IS CHANGED INTO A BRAMBLE _facing_ " 202

POLPERRO " 205

CARN BREA " 212

THE CHAPEL ROCK, BUDE _facing_ " 216

HIGH AND DRY " 222

"KNACKED BALS" (_disused mines_) " 223

MORWENSTOW CLIFFS _facing_ " 226

THE MANACLES " 232

"ONE DAY THE DEVIL, HAVING NOTHING TO DO,
BUILT A GREAT HEDGE FROM LERRIN TO LOOE"
_facing_ " 234

THE ROCHE ROCK " 237

NEWQUAY SANDS " 238

NEWQUAY _facing_ " 240

"THE SOUL OF TREGEAGLE IN PAIN" _facing_ " 244

FRONT DOORS " 248

A FAIR PROSPECT " 254

JOHN BURTON " 255

BARRACKS HOPP, FALMOUTH _facing_ " 256

THE PENRYN STOCKS " 263

ST. GOELAND AND THE SEA-GULL _facing_ " 268

THE DOG-FISH " 271

THREE MINUTES WITH A DOG-FISH _facing_ " 274

A STREET CORNER, ST. IVES " 280

FIGURE-HEAD OF THE "CALEDONIA," MORWENSTOW _facing_" 284

TINTAGEL " 291

YSEULT AND TRISTAN _facing_ " 294

THE DIGEY " 298

KING ARTHUR'S CASTLE _facing_ " 298

A CORNISH STILE " 309

LOW TIDE " 312

_CORNISH SAINTS AND SINNERS_