The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-10-12


ITK gurgle Of exhliaration. reveals
to us an interesting moment
u evolution. We are caught back 10
the shadowy starting point Of our lit
tie history, and behold With modern
eyes that Incompatible act Of defiance,
that sublime and earliest experiment,
which first set humanity on its legs
and enabled a philosophic poet aeons
later, to make the boast that IMAM be-
gins where nature ends
To come upon a new piece Of, walk.
ing grouna ia one Of the Joys Of life,
and the joy Is one that burns for com
monalty. To share the discovery
with the fraternity ofredestrians Is TO
take the walk, over again, and this Is
what would do with particular walk
in Cornwall Cornwall Is full Of good
walks, for IT has more field paths than
any part Of England | have yet ex.
plored, but Il is for me the Walking
ground par excellence Of these beauti.
full Islands on account Of its cliffs To
walk along these cliffs, no matter
what the weather may be. IS to drink
deep OF the wine Of life. 1t Is to feel
the goodness and wholesomeness OF
existence, to realize the grandeur OF
the earth and the splendor Of the sea,
to draw into ones being the energy
and rejoicing strength OF vital power,
and to exclaim with the poet,
frances OF thought and mountings Of
the mind come fast upon me.
Thousands OF people in the course
Of the summer make the excursion
from Penzance to Lands End. They
arrive in motor cars. motor buses, car.
rfsges and char.a.bancs; they eat a
very good luncheon at the Lands End
Hotel, 90 down to the rocks at the
base Of the cliffs, see the head Of Or.
syntax. contemplate the Longships
Lighthouse and then return to Pen:
zance with the dull conviction that
they have seen all that is to be seen
at the Lands End. And only ten min.
utes, walk from the hotel, across a
field path delicious to go uEon, Is such
clitf scenery as dwarfs to a silly In
Significance the leoge OF iusks known
AZ Lands End. only ten minutes
walk But 1t takes the trained eye Of
a walker to see the possibilities Of
that path. He who took me on this
walk had me out Of bed at six o'clock
nm q wet morning and hurried me into
train which began the days service
at our wayslde station Weireached
penzance at half past seven, and
drove in a carriage to the Lands End,
whore we took our breakfast and made
light of the weather. Before many
neonle. we're in their baths we were
crossing the field path, our backs to
Wesley's narrow neck Of land, and
we're soon climbing the coast guards
nath 10 the misty top Of our firstfclifi,
On either side was spread a charming
mosaic Of flowers. The blue Of in.
Vulnerable scyllas, the rich yellow Of
hnttercup and bird's-foot trefailc the
delicate beauty Of sea plnks, the
feathery Wilderness Of stitchwort, the
uttle bells Of stonecrups growing in
sponge.llke heaps, the occasional red
snlendor Of campions-all these and
many more in a flowing carpet OF daz-
ling daisies, with bushes Of theneyer
bloomless furze and broken clumps Of
heather and ling on every side, made
our winding and ascending path asway
a. enchantment, AS II is impossible
to number the flowers Of this lovely
place, go It is impossible to exagger.
ate their matchless delight; that gilt
tering carpet, wet with sea mist and
shining in the eye Of q watery sun.
must be seen to be imagined; neither
the pomp Of rhetoric nor the cunning
Of metaphor can zach its pleasures
upon the inward eye. Perhaps one 10
wiser to leave out al the rarer hcw-
ers. 10 say nothing at all Of the clash
Of color, and merely 70 declare that In
the dip Of the land the earth Is white
With daisies, and on the headland 2
gentle glory d pinks,