CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. WINTERING IN WEST CORNWALL . . i 



II. GULLS AT ST. IVES . . . . 19 



III. CORNWALL'S CONNEMARA . 29 



IV. OLD CORNISH HEDGES . 39 



V. BOLERIUM : THE END OF ALL THE LAND . 50 



VI. CASTLES BY THE SEA . 63 



VII. THE BRITISH PELICAN . 74 



VIII. BIRD LIFE IN WINTER . 89 



IX. THE PEOPLE AND THE FARMS . . .102 



X. AN IMPRESSION OF PENZANCE . . .121 



XI. MANNERS AND MORALS . . . 135 



XII. CORNISH HUMOUR . ... 153 



XIII. THE POETIC SPIRIT . . . . 179 



XIV. WINTER ASPECTS AND A BIRD VISITATION . 204 

 XV. A GREAT FROST . . . .222 



XVI. A NATIVE NATURALIST . . . 240 



XVII. THE COMING OF SPRING . . .261 



XVIII. SOME EARLY FLOWERS . . .275 



XIX. THE FURZE IN ITS GLORY . . . 293 



XX. PILGRIMS AT THE LAND'S END . . 303 



INDEX . . . . . 319 



