THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 87 



JULY. 



THE CORNISH TORS. 



'The mountains, cover'd with mysterious calm, 



Like thrones of immortality ; — 



The lordly hills that rise from earth to heaven, 



And take our spirit with them.' 



In the warm months of Summer, no recreation is 

 more delightful than a visit to those high rocky erai- 

 nences, which are familiarly known in Devonshire and 

 Cornwall by the name of Tors. The transition from 

 the sultry heat of the plains and vallies to the cool 

 breezes of the mountain tops, is generally esteemed as 

 a luxury ; and on the summits of the Cornish Tors, a 

 variety of interesting observations present themselves 

 to the Christian Naturalist, which will sufficiently repay 

 him for the trouble of climbing up their steep and rug- 

 ged sides, and of visiting them even from a distance. 



Whoever has looked over a map of the Counties, 

 must have observed that both this, and the sister 



