A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End: Comprehending the topography, botany, agriculture, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of West CornwallParis, John Ayrton
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A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End: Comprehending the topography, botany, agriculture, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of West Cornwall
Paris, John Ayrton
Cornwall (England : County) -- Guidebooks
"Coth Dol Pentreath canz ha deaw
Marir en Bedans en Powl pleu
Na en an Eglar ganna Poble braz
Bet en Eglar Hay Coth Dolly es!"
"Old Dol Pentreath, one hundred age and two
Both born, and in Paul Parish buried too;
Not in the Church 'mongst people great and high
But in the Church-yard doth old Dolly lie!"
In the parishes of Paul and Buryan are several Tin streams; in some of
which the _Wood Tin_, or wood-like oxide of Tin, is occasionally found
in large, and well defined pieces. It has been also, although rarely,
found in its matrix.
From Paul Church we may proceed to Penzance, either by the high
road over Paul Hill, which becomes extremely interesting from the
picturesque beauty and superior cultivation of the country; or we may
descend towards the sea shore, and return through the villages of
_Mousehole_ and _Newlyn_, which may be called colonies of Fishermen,
for here the Pilchard[46] and Mackarel fisheries are carried on to a
very great extent; and every kind of fish which frequent this coast are
caught and sent to Penzance, and other Cornish towns; and, in the early
part of the season, they supply the London market with Mackarel, which
are conveyed thither by way of Portsmouth. The Lobster fishery also
proves an ample source of revenue to the Mount's Bay fishermen, from
which alone they divide not less than Two Thousand Pounds, annually.
The ride or walk along the coast from MOUSEHOLE to NEWLYN is highly
interesting. The former town which is situated about two miles
south-west of Penzance; and half a mile from Paul Church-town, contains
about six hundred inhabitants. There is a small Pier capable of
admitting vessels of one hundred tons burthen; but it is chiefly used
as a harbour for the numerous fishing boats.
NEWLYN, with respect to population, exceeds by one-third that of
Mousehole. It has a commodious pier, which is also usually occupied by
the fishing boats of the place, which exceed four hundred in number. In
the cliff-road between these villages, we pass a platform, which during
the late war was a _battery_, forming a security to the bay from any
privateers that might visit it. Adjoining this battery stands a furnace
for the purpose of heating the shot. It was under the direction of a
small party of the Royal Artillery.
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