In the Land of Lorna Doone, And Other Pleasurable Excursions in England;
In the Land of Lorna Doone, And Other Pleasurable Excursions in England;
William Henry Rideing
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Last season was unfortu- nate, and the gray clouds that hang over the coast reflect the dejection of the people. The fishing villages are much alike — Digitized by Google 62 IN CORNWALL Looe, Polperro, Megavissy (where most of the curing is done), and "St. Ives. The last is, perhaps, the most interest- ing. It is on the west coast, built in the elbow of a cape, which forms the southern point of a spacious bay reach- ing some miles inland, and bounded by highlands, with a white shelving beach at... the foot of the cliffs. The sea washes the back of many of the houses, to the doors of some of which boats are moored ; and at high water in heavy weather it breaks noisily over the graveyard of the bleak litde church. A strong gale was blowing from the south-west when we were there, and the harbor was full of coasting-vessels sheltering from the storm. Many of the smaller fishing- boats were drawn up in long black lines on the banks below Tregenna Castle, where they looked like cannon ; the third wreck of the month was falling to pieces on the sands, and another fleet of lai^er fishing-boats was moored in the Digitized by Google WITH AN UMBRELLA.
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