68 OUR HOLIDAY IN CORNWALL 



tons intermingled with groups of other rocks as 

 large, and of all manner of shapes and forms. The 

 peculiarity of this stone is that by a mere touch 

 of the hand it can be made to rock. We climbed 

 over the great granite blocks up to this stone. 

 Our guide satisfied us on the point of its shakiness 

 by giving it the needful push. Once, about seventy- 

 five years ago, an adventurous sailor, for a wager, 

 applying unusual might, actually did topple it 

 over, and it fell some feet, when it was caught by 

 other rocks. The adventurer had to pay for his 

 rashness by being compelled to replace it at an 

 enormous cost. 



On we go to the End of this Land of England, 

 till we come to the Land's End Hotel the very 

 last place or the very first place where anything to 

 eat and drink is obtainable. 



Our interesting guide always, from habit, ad- 

 dressed us, "Now, ladies and gen'leman, let me 

 point out." 



We had already passed Pothcurno Cove, where 

 the Eastern Telegraph wire comes to land, and a 

 little further northward is the Atlantic Cable 

 Station, bringing messages from all parts of this 

 habitable globe. 



" Now, ladies and gen'leman, away out yonder, 

 ten miles at sea, you will observe the Wolfrock 

 Lighthouse, and, looking straight ahead, you will 

 see in dim outline, for it is rather hazy, the Scilly 

 Islands, about twenty-five miles away; sometimes 

 the cliffs are clearly visible." 



