78 OUR HOLIDAY IN CORNWALL 



" Serpentine ornaments ought to be very cheap, 

 seeing the quantity there is of it," I remarked. 

 "But this surface rock," said our young guide, 

 " is no use for working. We have to get it out of 

 deep quarries, and it costs a lot of money to get 

 up the right sort for the ornaments sold in the 

 shops. There's so much competition that, father 

 says, they have to sell much cheaper now than 

 they used to." 



I am inclined to admit that our guide's grand- 

 father's opinion of Kynance Cove is correct. It 

 is a most charming spot wild as it is beautiful 

 the haunt of all kinds of sea-birds ; it is a place 

 every one who goes to Cornwall should visit, and 

 they will be lucky if they get our little hero to 

 guide them. 



The accompanying "View from the Parlour" 

 is from a beautiful photograph by Messrs. Gibson, 

 of Penzance. 



This walk, in the heat of a July sun, down over 

 rocks and through crevices, and in and out of 

 caves, and then back to the Lizard, had quite 

 exhausted our taste for further sight-seeing, and 

 so we had to bid good-bye to this interesting boy, 

 "and also" to his father and mother, his grand- 

 father and grandmother, and his uncle Joe, all of 

 whom are very proud of him. 



We had before us a twenty-two mile jaunt on a 

 four-horse Jersey car. A lovely drive it was, and 

 a pleasant, always on a good road much up hill, 

 and much down hill, now through rich agricultural 



