3 20 



THE LAND'S END 



Curlew, wintering, 44 ; killed by 

 sparrow-hawk, 252 



Darwin, an incident related by, 8 2 



Davy, Sir Humphry, on the Land's 

 End, 57 



Dawn in Britain, The. See 

 Doughty 



Daws, feeding the, at St. Ives, 

 1 2-1 8; on the cliffs, 65; 

 the donkey's friends, 9 1 ; feed- 

 ing the, at Zennor, 225 ; after 

 the great frost, 238; impu- 

 dence of, 266 



Dewar, Mr. G. A. B., on great 

 bird visitation, 2 1 1 



Dog, a greedy sheep-, 1 4 ; and 

 fox, 34; cunning of, 181 



Dogfish, 23 



Donkey, the Land's End, 90 ; 

 daws' friendship with, 92 



Doughty, Charles M., on "swart 

 Belerians," 105 



Dunnock, 225 ; protecting nest 

 of, 270 



Ebblethwaite, Mr., gull protection 

 by, at St. Ives, 219-20 



Erythrina crista-galli, forest of, in 

 bloom, 296 



Evelyn, John, on the furze, 294 



Expression in flowers, 290 



Farmers, Cornish, character of, 

 36 ; tenacious of their hold- 

 m g s > 37 > politics of, no; 

 their rough home-life, 1 1 4 



Feme, Sir John, on azure in 

 blazonry, 291 



Field-fare, 44, 92, 223, 267 



Fire, furze and turf, 233 



Fishermen at St. Ives, 6 ; love 

 of children, 7 



Fishing-boats, appearance at St. 

 Ives, 10-12 



Flowers, in winter, 275 ; blue, 

 283-6; glory of, 287-90; a 

 secret of the charm of, 290 



Fox, Carew's account of the, 

 34 ; cliff, 5 1 ; prowess of a, 

 228-9 > attacked by raven, 

 230-1 



Fowls, 34; raided by fox, 228 



Fritillary, first sight of the wild, 

 288 



Frogs, annual carnival of, 268-9 



Frost, birds driven by, 210; 

 effect on bird-life, 223-39 



Fuller, Thomas, on England's 

 " observables," i 



Furze, an intractable plant, 42 ; 

 as fuel, 1 1 6 ; first sight of, 

 288; in literature, 294; as 

 fodder, 294-5 ; beauty of the 

 effect of contrast, 295 ; varia- 

 tion in colour, 297 ; fragrance 

 of, 298 ; Cornish, 300 ; in- 

 tensity of colour in, 300-302 



Gannets, fishing methods of, 74-8 ; 

 contrasted with gulls, 78 ; 

 taking pilchards from the seine, 

 82 ; preying on sand eels, 83 ; 

 flight of, 85 ; disastrous acci- 

 dent to, at Whitesand Bay, 86 



Gilpin, William, on Cornish 

 scenery, 30, 194 



Godrevy Lighthouse, 242 



Goldcrest, wintering in West 

 Cornwall, 97 



Goldfinches, autumn migration of, 



223 . 



Goonhilly Downs, 290 



Grey bird. See Thrush 



Great Northern Diver, sudden 

 attack on a gull by a, 80 ; in 

 Hayle Estuary, 256 



Guillemot, preyed on by great 

 black-backed gull, 251 ; mi- 

 grating, 267 



