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was performed in one day, and the distance was but thirty-three miles;—from Falmouth to Tregony, (viâ Filley and Ruan Lanihorne,) thence to Truro, Penryn and Falmouth. The second route occupied three days, and the distance was about seventy miles;-from Falmouth to Penryn, Helston, Marazion, (or Market Jew,) Penzance, Sennon, St. Levan, St. Burian, Mount St. Michael, Breage, Wheal Vor, Helston, Penryn, and Falmouth. The third route occupied two days, and the distance was forty-seven miles;-from Falmouth to Pendennis Castle, St. Mawes, Tregony, St. Austell, Carclaze, St. Blazey, Lostwithiel, Liskearde and Launceston.

There is a distinction to be drawn between a topographical work, which pretends to describe the whole of a county, and a journal of a trip of pleasure; if this be simply

narrated, the Journalist has done all that is requisite, but if that be defective or incorrect, the Writer lies open to censure. This volume assumes nothing beyond the character of a journal, but that journal is genuine; and, albeit I visited not many places, in this metalliferous region, I nevertheless traversed the integrity of its greatest length, from West to East, a distance of eighty miles;-from Land's End, where the mighty waters of the united channels dash, with awful roar, against stupendous rocks, to the noiseless stream of peaceful Tamer, whose Naiads, innocuous and unharmed, sedulous to please him, perform their mystic dance in the mists of eve, and make the banks echo, at the grey dawn of coming day, with their songs, on the rival beauties and surrounding charms of Cornwall and of Devon.

I viewed the far famed Logan Rock, and surveyed the beauties and curiosities of St. Michael's Mount; I visited the large tin and copper-mine of Wheal Vor, and descended the picturesque and notable tin mine of Carclaze. To describe with accuracy, the wonderful works of Providence, or the surprising accomplishments effected by the operose exertions and consummate skill of industrious miners, and bold adventurers, from generation to generation, for countless centuries of years, transcends my limited capacity; I have nevertheless endeavoured to give an intelligible account of both subjects, in the confident expectation, that the intrinsic interest of the matter, and the indulgence of the reader, will procure the gracious reception of these pages.

I have offered remarks concerning the

soil of Cornwall, and the face of that Coun

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ty, qualified to remove the erroneous, rife impression, that the whole region is barren, and that every part is naked of arboreal adornment. I have also glanced at certain peculiarities in Cornish agriculture, and implements of husbandry, with which the courteous reader may be pleased.

Lastly, I feel ineffable satisfaction in stating, that much as I was amazed and gratified by the beauteous and wonderful places I visited, and the works of art which I surveyed, there was yet one subject of surpassing interest, one source of predominant delight. Whether it was their personal beauty, or their graceful manners,— their frank expression or sweet simplicity,what qualities they were which won my admiration, I might find it hard to deter

mine, and useless to speculate upon; but one thing I know, that I left Cornwall, charmed with that lovely and magnificent region; and still more enamoured with the beauty and comeliness, the manners and piety of

THE CORNISH LADIES;--

GOD BLESS THEM!

Ina Grove, Camberwell,

1st. January, 1840.

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