Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 46937-h.htm or 46937-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46937/46937-h/46937-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46937/46937-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/bookofcornwall00bari Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A BOOK OF CORNWALL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Illustration: CORNISH FISHERMEN] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _First Published_ _August 1899_ _Second Edition_ _September 1902_ _New Edition_ _1906_ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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