THE LAND'S END 



CHAPTER I 

 WINTERING IN WEST CORNWALL 



England's " observables " Why I delayed visiting Cornwall A 

 vision of the Land's End Flight to St. Ives Climate The 

 old town The fishermen Their love of children Drowned 

 babes The fishing fleet going out at sunset Old memories sug- 

 gested Jackdaws at St. Ives Feeding the birds A greedy 

 sheep-dog Daws show their intelligence Daws on the roofs 

 Their morning pastime Dialogue between two daws. 



NOW," said wise old Fuller, " most of the 

 rooms of thy native country before thou 

 goest over the threshold thereof. Especially 

 seeing England presents thee with so many observ- 

 ables." But if we were to follow this advice there 

 would be no getting out of the country at all. It is 

 too rich in its way : the rooms are too many and too 

 well-furnished with observables. Take my case. I 

 have been going on rambles about the land for a good 

 many years, and though the West Country had the 



