The Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions In West Cornwall, Illustrated

Hudson, W. H. (William Henry) · 1922

_England's "observables"--Why I delayed visiting Cornwall--A vision of the Land's End-Flight to St. Ives-Climate-The old town-The fishermen-Their love of children-Drowned babes--The fishing fleet going out at sunset-Old memories suggested-Jackdaws at St. Ives--Feeding the birds--A greedy sheep-dog-Daws show their intelligence--Daws on the roofs--Their morning pastime-Dialogue between two daws._ |KNOW," said wise old Fuller, "most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. Especially seeing England presents thee with so many observables." But if we were to follow this advice there would be no getting out of the country at all. It is too rich in its way: …

Read free — original

Or read it translated: 日本語 · 中文 · हिन्दी · Español · العربية · Français · বাংলা · Português · Русский · Bahasa Indonesia · اردو · Deutsch · Kiswahili · 한국어

Lindy Books — 63,242 public-domain books that survived, free forever. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. Browse the library