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Title: The earth and its inhabitants ..
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905 Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913 Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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from thoneighbouring mines. Like Penzance, it can boast of its museum and scientificinstitutions. It was the birthplace of Richard and John Lander, the Africantravellers. A cathedral of noble proportions is being raised. Rounding Dodman Head, we reach Mevagissey, one of the principal seats of thepilchard fishery, and farther north the small town of Charlestoun, which is the portof St. Austell, known for its china-cLiy diggings and potteries. Par, on the 86 THE BRITISH ISLES. northern side of St. Austell Bay, lias a small liarbour defended by a breakwater,and exports cbina clay and iron ore from the neighbouring mines of St. Blazoj. Foirci/, at the mouth of the estuary of the same name, has an excellent harbour,defended by forts and batteries, and much frequented. Three hundred years agoFowey was the most important maritime city in the south-west of England. Thesit3 of Falmouth was at that time occupied by a solitary house, whilst Fowey Fig. 46.—Falmouth axd Tuuko.Scnle 1 : 175,000.
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Depth under 10 Fathoms. iJeplii over 10 rathoms.2 MUes. furiii-shed Edward III. with forty-seven vessels for the siege of Calais. It was anoted place for pirates, and its mariners occasionally even fought vessels from otherEnglish ports, including those of Rye and Winchelsea. The town was burnt bythe French in 1457. Losficithiel is higher up on the Fowey, which yields excellenttrout and smelts. East and West Looe are two old-fashioned fishing villages at the mouth of the DEYONSHIEE. 87 river Looe, which affords access to the old mining town of Lkkeard. Graniteand ores are the principal articles of export. The north-western coast of Cornwall is far poorer in good harbours than thesouth-east coast. The most important is St. Ives, the principal seat of thepilchard fishery. It is a quaint old town at the entrance to a fine bay, on which isalso situated the small port of Hayle. Both export the produce of the neio-hbour-ing mining district, the centres of which are Redruth, Camborne, and Ph

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