76 OUR HOLIDAY IN CORNWALL 



by a small man, about ten years old, who asked 

 us if we wanted a guide. His face was so bright, 

 and he looked so intelligent, that we at once 

 engaged him. His father assured us that he 

 knows every rock, fissure, nook, and cranny 

 for miles around the Lizard Point. "The most 

 interesting part," began our guide, "and that 

 which I should advise you to see first, is the 

 Kynance Cove, about a mile and a half away." 

 He spoke with perfect ease, correctness, and 

 assurance. The way he would round off his 

 sentences with " and also " was quite in the proper 

 style, for he was head of his class at school in 

 grammar, writing, drawing, geometry, etc. 



" Is Kynance Cove worth going so far to see on 

 such a hot day as this ? " I said. " Worth going to 

 see ! Why, my grandfather says it's the most 

 wonderful place in Cornwall, and he ' also ' says 

 ' that a man is a fool who says it is not. 5 Once a 

 man did come here, and he said Kynance Cove 

 wasn't to be compared with Land's End. Grand- 

 father says, ' that man went off his chump ! ' " 



" Heigho ! " cried our young guide. " There's 

 a Red Admiral ! " and off he dashed, cap in hand, 

 in pursuit of this butterfly, but missed to catch 

 it. '* There are four butterflies in this neighbour- 

 hood that are rare and valuable," said he ; " all the 

 rest are common. These are ' The Painted Lady,' 

 'The Red Admiral,' 'The Peacock,' and 'also' the 

 Storma fletries. I am unable to spell this name 

 correctly, I think it is Latin." I know nothing 



