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Title: The earth and its inhabitants ..
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905 Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913 Keane, Augustus Henry, 1833-1912
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Company
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ley Stokes, is, he says, limited to a glossary ofthe twelfth century, and a number of mysteries of later date, for the most partadapted or translated from the contemporaneous literature current during theMiddle Ages. A society has been formed in Cornwall for the purpose of publish-ing the ancient manuscripts. The numerous popvdar legends, which still formthe stock of many a simple story-teller in the remote villages of Cornwall, havebeen collected and published in various English works. * In 1844 the mines yielded 152,970 tons of copper ore; at present they j-ield scarcely 50,000 tons.Of china clay, or kaolin, about 150,000 tons are annually exported,t Delesse, Lithologie du fond des mers. 84 THE BEITISH ISLES. Topography. Cornwall, tlie extreme south-western county of England, terminates in therocky promontories of Lands End and Lizard Point. The greater portion of itsarea is occupied by wild and barren moorlands, surmounted by bosses of granite Fig. 45.—Penzance.Scale 1 : 505,000.
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Foieshore Depth undei 5 Fathoms 5 to 10 Fathoms. 10 to 20 Fathoms. 1 Mile. Over 20 Fathoms. and intersected by valleys with boggy bottoms. Mining, quarrying, fishing, andthe cultivation of early vegetables constitute the principal sources of wealth. Penzance is admirably seated upon the shore of a fine semicircular bay, boundedon the east by the bold serpentine rocks of Lizard Point, and on the west by theheights which extend thence to the Lands End. It is the south-westernmost town CORNWALL. 85 in England, and i-s much frequented by visitors, who delight in its equable climateand luxuriant vegetation, and to whom bold cliffs of granite or serpentine,quarries and mines, and magnificent cromlechs, stone circles, logans, &c. (seepage 30), present objects of attraction. Penzance is the centre of an importantmining, fishing, and agricultural district. Within a radius of 7 or 8 miles ofit are situated some of the most celebrated setts in the county of Cornwall,including Botallack and i

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