A BOOK OF THE WEST VOL. II. CORNWALL BY THE SAME AUTHOR 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 FREAKS OF FANATICISM A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AN OLD ENGLISH HOME THE VICAR OF MORWENSTOW THE CROCK OF GOLD [Illustration: CORNISH FISHERMEN] A BOOK OF THE WEST BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO DEVON AND CORNWALL BY S. BARING-GOULD VOL. II. CORNWALL WITH THIRTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK: NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK CO. LONDON: METHUEN & CO. 1900 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 XI. BODMIN 163 XII. THE TWO LOOES 173 XIII. FOWEY 188 XIV. THE FAL 200 XV. NEWQUAY 214 XVI. THE LIZARD 242 XVII. SMUGGLING 263 XVIII. PENZANCE 282 XIX. THE LAND’S END 305 XX. THE SCILLY ISLES 329 ILLUSTRATIONS CORNISH FISHERMEN _Frontispiece_ From a photograph by the Rev. F. Partridge. S. MELOR’S WELL, LINKINHORNE _To face page_ 28 From a photograph by the Rev. A. H. Malan. WELL CHAPEL OF S. CLETHER ” 33 From a painting by A. B. Collier, Esq. CROSS, S. LEVAN ” 38