unearthing potatoes, men working mines, and women and girls weeding in gardens. I conversed with several men, concerning this agricultural and universal Cornish factotum (for it deserves that comprehensive cognomen,) and I readily adopted in my mind its advantages. As regards the irontriangle, that is indispensable; the soil being shallow, and having an uneven granitic bottom, a square-ended London spade would meet much more resistance; whilst the acute angle of the Cornish spade easily pierces the soil, and glides obliquely by rocky inequalities. A labourer, having unearthed divers roots of potatoes, in an erect position, triumphantly exclaimed, "That's the way we do it! we can work all day, without bending our backs." The handle being long, stooping could be avoided. He stated that the potatoes were on a soil about ten or fourteen inches deep, on a rock of granite, and that they were good eating. CHAPTER VIII. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Russet lawns and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray." MILTON. NOVELTY is delightful, and variety is pleasing; and those who would be pleased and delighted, would do well to walk through Cornwall. The view of lofty hills and massive rocks, extensive downs and stone hedges have their beauty and their charm; and the change from them to the cottage and orchard, the grove of trees, and the pasture spangled with sheep, the valley, and hill, the mill and water-fall, rest the eye and charm the mind. The first two miles of road, west of Penzance, are much sheltered by trees: the county being woody. When about two miles from the town, I arrived at the foot of a steep hill; and close to which ran, (as is usual in Cornwall,) a small stream of pellucid water, rendered rapid by the steepness of its bed, and making a rushing noise, by reason of its falling in various parts of its course, from short heights, upon fragments of rock. There was a small mill, whose wheel was seen turning and heard clacking, by the force of this stream, in one of its falls. In ascending the hill, I looked down on the valley which lay considerably below me, and beheld, almost under my feet, the apple trees of an ample orchard, whose fruit bespoke a felicitous exception to the general failure this autumn; and a low hedge which fenced the steep descent from the road, put forth a grateful fragrance, partly arising from wild honey-suckle, which was as odoriferous as that which I have seen in gardens; and superadded to all this, the various melody of the feathered throng gratified the sense of hearing, and for awhile rivetted me to the spot. Atthe distance of four miles from Penzance you come to a cross road, where is a signpost directing the traveller to St. Sanscret and St. Just, north-west, and to St. Paul, south-east. To go to Land's End, you leave this cross road right and left, and pursue the strait main road, which was due west, all the way from Penzance, being distant thence ten miles. As in other parts of Cornwall, so in this part, the country is diversified by hill and dale; but, within three or four miles of Land's End, it is nearly level: and, beyond three miles from Penzance, westward, there is no more woodland scenery; but the country consists of open heath. About four miles from Penzance, the road forks off into two, the one running westerly, to Sennon and Sanscret, the other south-west, to St. Buryan and St. Levan; at the last of which places is the Logan Rock. About half-way, between Penzance and Land's End, there is a high hill, from whose top, looking eastwards, you see St. Michael's mount; looking northwards, you see the Bristol channel, and towards the south, the English channel. I felt indescribably pleasurable emotions, at this indication of the proximity of the Land's End. The harvest was not got in at Land'sEnd; in the immediate vicinity of which, there is some arable land; but the crops were nearly all saved; and the day (23rd. September,) being fine, the farmers were busy carrying. In Cornwall there is scarcely a day that passes without rain; consequently, to preserve the corn, as soon as it is cut, particularly wheat crops, they adopt a practice in harvesting, which is a cautious preliminary to carrying. They make their wheat-sheaves very small, and laying them in circles, with the ears inwards, layer upon layer, they make a |