Plymouth, beginning as Sutton Prior, an appanage of the Augustinian Monastery at Plympton, the original harbour being what is now known as Sutton Pool, has a history extending at least as far back as the Domesday Survey. Stonehouse is a comparatively modern extension; and Devonport, though its dockyards date from the days of William III., was long in growing into the consequence which now it possesses. Those who know their Boswell well will remember that Johnson, coming into Devonshire with Sir Joshua, visited Plymouth at a time when great jealousy was being felt of the pretensions of Devonport, then just beginning to assert itself. Half in jest and half in earnest he vigorously espoused the prejudices of the older town; and when, in time of drought, Devonport applied to Plymouth for water, he burst out, "No, no. I am against the dockers; I am a Plymouth man. Rogues! let them die of thirst! They shall not have a drop!" Since then Devonport has gone to Dartmoor for a water supply of its own; and Plymouth, while not oblivious of its glorious memories, is well content to take a maternal pride in the prosperity of the younger towns. / W. W. Hutchings./ [Illustration: DANESCOMBE (_p. 58_).] RIVERS OF CORNWALL. The Minor Streams of Cornwall--The /Tamar/: Woolley Barrows--Morwellham and Weir Head--Morwell Rocks--Harewood--Calstock--Cotehele--Pentillie--Confluence with the Tavy--Saltash--The Hamoaze. The /Fowey/: A Change of Name--St. Neot--Lostwithiel--Fowey. The /Fal/: Fenton Fal--Tregony--Truro--Tregothnan--Falmouth. Comparatively insignificant though they may be, the rivers of Cornwall have peculiar interest alike for the geographer and the geologist, and are rife with the charms of natural scenery which attract every lover of the beautiful. If we except the Camel, which is the only river worthy of mention that flows into the Bristol Channel, the county has a southern drainage, this arising from the fact that the watershed of Cornwall is almost confined to the country contiguous to the north coast. Perhaps it is by way of compensation to the Camel, or Alan, that it has two sources. By Lanteglos and Advent its course runs through a romantic country of wood and vale, and it meets the tide at Egloshayle, thence passing Wadebridge, eight miles below which it falls into Padstow Harbour.