1 88 Josiah Wedgwood CHAP. 



be of the right sort. Being so near the Land's End, 

 he and his companions determined to visit it, but the 

 two chaises containing them were almost swamped by 

 the drenching rain before they reached Penzance. On 

 the 6th of June they went to the Land's End, about 

 three miles distant. Grow an clay was found on the way. 

 A large quantity had been shipped from Penzance for 

 Bristol and South Wales, where it was used for fur- 

 naces. It was not white enough to be used for the 

 manufacture of porcelain. 



At the Land's End, says Wedgwood, " we gazed for 

 some time, with a kind of silent awe, veneration, and 

 astonishment, at the immense expanse of ocean before 

 us. It was indeed sublime. The weather was clear 

 enough to enable us to see the Scilly Isles, about nine 

 leagues distant. After a long and exciting view, we 

 left the spot. It was with a transport of joy that I 

 now set my face homewards towards Etruria." 



The travelling party, however, did not go directly 

 homewards. Wedgwood having still to make inquiries 

 as to the white clay which he had heard was in the 

 neighbourhood, they started again from Penzance, and 

 journeyed westward. They saw Marazion (or Market 

 Jew), crossed the sands, and climbed up to St. Michael's 

 Mount. From the summit of the castle they had a 

 magnificent view, landwards and seawards. They 

 descended and went to Ludgvan, then higher up to 

 Treasso, higher still to Castle Andennis, in search of 

 white clay, which they eventually found, with the help 



