Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of CuriosityStockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
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Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of Curiosity
Stockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
Cornwall (England : County) -- Description and travel; Cornwall (England : County) -- History
Notwithstanding this relief, the fisheries of the Scilly Isles are
capable of much extension, and although the expense incident to the
necessary outfit would be considerable, yet the advantages to the
inhabitants would be incalculable. The importance of this subject has
been very ably brought to notice by the Rev. George Woodley, Missionary
from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and Minister of St.
Agnes and St. Martin’s, in his work on the State of the Scilly Islands,
which was published in the year 1822.
Various species of fish are to be caught by the hook and line at these
islands during the season, and which are salted by the inhabitants for
winter consumption.
A very curious fact is also noticed respecting the arrival of the
woodcock, in Scilly, that they are generally to be had there before any
other place in England. Owing to the great distance they are supposed to
have travelled, great numbers have been taken by the natives, from their
becoming exhausted; instances have also occurred of their falling dead
by striking against the light-house, the splendour of the lanthern no
doubt having attracted them!
To the geologist, the Scilly Islands present but little to interest; at
St. Mary’s are several beds of _porphyry_ and _clorite_ containing
pyrites; the former are deserving of attention on account of their
distinct appearance of stratification. The granite of the Lizard Point
at the Island of Trescow, the felspar of which is of a pure white, might
be advantageously employed in the China manufactories.
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Appendix.
The interior of the _church_ of _St. Anthony_, which is situated on the
coast south of Falmouth, is highly deserving of notice from its style of
architecture, the arch separating the nave being a fine specimen of
Anglo-Norman workmanship.
In the parish of Luxilian is an immense pile of rocks, totally different
from the Roach Rocks, yet extremely well worth seeing; they are seated
on a considerable eminence, and many of the ponderous fragments have
rolled into the valley beneath, presenting altogether a very singular
appearance. In some places the stones very much resemble antient
cromlechs.
_Four-Hole Cross_ is situated about six miles on the right of the road
leading from Bodmin to Lanson, and is considered one of the most
interesting relics of antiquity in Cornwall; but the upper part, either
from age or other causes, is not perfect.
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LIST OF THE PRESENT REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT, FOR THE SEVERAL
BOROUGHS OF THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE
RESIDENCES.
BODMIN D. Gilbert, Esq., F.R. & L.S., Eastbourne. J. W. Croker, Esq.,
L.L.D., F.R., and L.S., Secretary to the Admiralty, &c.
BOSSINEY Sir C. Domville, Bart., Santry House, Dublin. John Stuart
Wortley, Esq., Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.
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