SEA FISHING AT ST. IVES 



SOME few years ago, owing to the delicate 

 state of health of a member of my family, we 

 were medically advised to go to St. Ives, 

 in Cornwall, for a few months. What can I 

 say expressive enough of this charming, 

 quaint little place, where the scenery satisfies 

 one perfectly, and exhilarates body and mind. 

 No wonder that the place is beloved of artists, 

 whose educated eyes and trained hands are 

 ever striving and longing to faithfully portray 

 the endless and ever-changing glories of 

 Nature. No wonder that they have estab- 

 lished a colony in the midst of so much beauty 

 and such glorious scenic environment, which 

 appeals so powerfully to their artistic tastes 



and sentiments. The magnificent beauty 



205 



