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the headland, where the view was really magnificent, 

 the whole coast, from Hartland Point in Devonshire to, 

 as they said, Cape Cornwall, being within sight. How- 

 ever, I think it is impossible we could see Cape Corn- 

 wall, and that our furthest point to the westward was 

 the Gurnard's Head ; but that is close to it. Pentire is 

 so high that you see over some of the intervening 

 points, Trevose Head in particular, which juts out much 

 further from the regular trend of the coast. In the 

 distance we had Lundy Island. I don't know when I 

 ever saw such a bright day, everything seemed to 

 sparkle with light. Inland to the eastward we had 

 Row Tor and Brown Willy, which are near the Cheese- 

 wring, and I was pleased to find I recognised their 

 outline, though I had never seen them before from this 

 position. To the south was the estuary of the river on 

 which Wadebridge stands, with a great bar of sand 

 across it, and another river that comes from Padstow. 

 But all the interior of Cornwall is alike (except the 

 wooded valleys), and our eyes were chiefly seaward, as 

 the shore immediately below us we could not see.* 



In the summer of 1882 an unfortunate accident 

 crippled him still further. 



My summer has been one of shattered hopes. A 

 friend of mine, Woodall by name, agreed to take Tris- 

 tram and myself for a cruise in his steam yacht to 

 Heligoland and Denmark, and accordingly we went on 

 board the Garland at Yarmouth on the morning of 

 June 1. We did not get off, however, for two or 

 three days afterwards, owing to the weather ; for our 

 yachtsman, even when he has a tea-kettle to rely upon, 

 does not like knocking about in a head wind. 



At last we had a fair run to Heligoland, and a most 

 enjoyable interview with Gatke and his marvellous 

 collection. 



Mrs. Governor of that important dependency was 



* Letter to Edward Newton, September 19, 1877. 



