THE LAND'S END
A NATURALIST'S IMPRESSIONS IN WEST CORNWALL
By W. H. Hudson
With Forty-Nine Illustrations By A. L. Collins
New York, D. Appleton And Company
1908
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I WINTERING IN WEST CORNWALL
CHAPTER III CORNWALL'S CONNEMARA
CHAPTER V BOLERIUM: THE END OF ALL THE LAND
CHAPTER VII THE BRITISH PELICAN
CHAPTER VIII BIRD LIFE IN WINTER
CHAPTER IX THE PEOPLE AND THE FARMS
CHAPTER X AN IMPRESSION OF PENZANCE
CHAPTER XIII THE POETIC SPIRIT
CHAPTER XIV WINTER ASPECTS AND A BIRD VISITATION
CHAPTER XVI A NATIVE NATURALIST
CHAPTER XVII THE COMING OF SPRING
CHAPTER XVIII SOME EARLY FLOWERS
CHAPTER XIX THE FURZE IN ITS GLORY
CHAPTER XX PILGRIMS AT THE LAND'S END
THE LAND'S END
CHAPTER I WINTERING IN WEST CORNWALL
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.
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