Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-14
WAKENlNS WANDERINGS
A rRAMp rAnouoa oonNwALL-l.

llupirNIb la@i Us Edgar t. Waterman
Turpn. Cornwall, June o. Almost until
today, al time ~ measured, Cornwall has
been 10 the remainder Of England q voritn-
bio terra iHc0gtiin. "Wcst Barbnry" 10
was contcmptuoualy called to describe H..
uncannlne.4, its supposed Ignorance aud
H. popularity accredited .emihnrUasisni.
What woiri and dc-oiate Connumafa in
Ireland wild west is and has always been
10 The Green itici this SCARED and ragged
peninsula hn' been 90 England.
or ~ intOOu souls uue-tputh. from youth
10 death. 90 darkness pick and blast ln
shift and drift beneath Is windswept
mour,. Uuiil 10 century since distinct
language. the Coruubian Celtic. was spoken,
taught aud preached. To-day In .omr NJ
the LARGER towns "thr pupst English
spoken IS sHid to prevail, but ugnin today
not league from these towns. among
Il her folk. miner, nnd peasant mn onlinp-
~ EuplishmHn or American can scarcely
understand u word uttcrrL Yet here arc
life and SCENE oi the greatest fascination;
both life and scene Of simpli .iy, beauty
end grandeur, Willie romance and lrguul
glow wonirlusly in every tor. cumho aud
stream; romance mud legend theoil.,t and
most wlu.onio in all England. llrttliy,d
mr. we're born 10 daHthlc. legend Arthur,
launc,lot and GuIucycrc and the brave
OLD Round Table knights
II f. % curious shape, Die o' land this
rugged old Cornwall. is geographic cone
tour ugg, o. the strange silhouette Of
some tauthaut gigantic mnstii on hugo
Wild hvusi, 10 Is easy 10 see In ils southern
most oItrtnching iu two powerful inro
feet IN IT, northern coast line viii be-
found its hucci and hrialing back. Ia, 3
most northern projection viii be- seen an
erect and defiant tail. Units eastern Devon.
shirr boundary nrc IT, massive hnuuoh hes
nnl hind feet wrdgod AGAINST the eternal
granite 81 Devon, Aud it- fnthurmust
sea split, ocean battling promontory, the
open mouth n tho stone lryiuthuu. Hut.
fayngrly toward she sre'hng Sc.lly isles,
forever lnshgd with apume and fumc Of It's
lutorminoblo battles with the Atlantic
Wcrr you 10 stand. Hs have done. on
llcngbariow, one Of g. dwar and highett
peaks, You could see smiling Devon 20 the
eust, almost 90 lands End, it. ftrthc.t
westward wall, To- Lizard Head, IT, re-
motcst southern hc1dhnd' nrr0ss iig on.
tirr reach ul hills and m00rlands. mr. ont
upon 80. Gpowo'G channel On tho north
west. and over ihr white sails ~ fisher and
coaster 10 the southeast. even 10 the dim
cone " that most wondruul NJ nll m1rlnef4'
beucuu,, the splendid Eddyftouc light.
house.
But stnniinson that spot llttlc else than
apparent drsulntIuu meets the eye. Tie
moorlHnds stretch doiorously, as n In
b0unllcss loneliness. THE tors or hill.
hrc bleak md hare. The whole face ~ ma
turc seems torn and SCARED, as u hy tre.
mcndnus elemental struggles. Yet all
thrsr cavern, aud chhsms which disdgurc
Il wcrc made hy the hand NJ IMAM IT,
granite. shalc and slate lid copper. tin nni
Iron. For more than 800 years its sur
face has beun clrit aud its depths gorcd
and bored until L. fncr l. piitcl o. II with
extinct yo,cnuoos whose Llsr. were honey.
combed sometimes ton miles depth aud
often laternlly 90 ilr outward beneath the
ocean that ~ very she'll was cracked and
broken, until, TO prevent tho sen dropping
through, the bottom was stuffed aud
plugged and solderrd like n lcaky Old pa
sin,
This r. what you will soc and feel aud
know among tho downs and tons along the
rocky backbone 81 Cornwall. hut along
tho north coast In summer, aud every.
WHERE upon the south const la summurnud
nearly nll winter, arr never ending sur.
prisCS NJ scenic beauty. Indeed the entire
south English and Irish crnsts urc almost
tomitopic lands. !Scmitr0pic bits " land
surely can he found, Tor ! have seen nj
Buurncmouth, at Turquuy and at plym.
uuth, In England; nt Truro. Falmouth aud
pcn1ancc, In Cornwall aud nt Nuurhal,
| alongside Sir Walter Rulrgh's old home.
In Ireland, roses la fall bloom and luXuri.
nutly f1llngrd myrtle out OF doors Ia mid.
winter
Along tho way nm lcisurcly tramplng.
with the Englla IA channel nearly always M
sight, ARE innumornDic Cornish valleys oi
| smuihrous beauty. Tiny hurusund cgnibcs
ore cut through the walls hy the sp1.
! Through every one limpld streams go sing.
Ing mud tumhling To the ocean. Along tLl
valley sides Arc white humlgta, or the
quaint old homes tho lich acres nul N,
sleek herds Of the thrifty farmers u Corn.
wall.
Tramp these coast roads hut mile and
you will suddenly stumble upon thes,
| lovely Yalus-ilu stream, the farms hall
hidden by generous foliage dotting the
tidcs far up the cOmho A. the eye can
reach hero rumhiiug old mill, there q
nustllug church, below you quaint old
village; beyond, tho tiny haven skirtcl Us
the homes Of fishers and gprckod los odd
old ilshcrs' crafts; farther, y tide pluwiug
M bctwrun nnsslye haven walls, or d
stretch Of low tide rock and driit. aud NJ
last the bright blue aeA Beautiful sc,no,
nro these for ths eye and hclrt-mmd &,
dwell upon, hardly 10 be- found In such
number and Wins0muuess anywhere els,
upon an VI Enrluirl's coast.
just hpfurp Won pnfg ffom Dpyfugbirf