320 



THE LAND'S END 



Curlew, wintering, 44 ; killed by 

 sparrow-hawk, 252 



Darwin, an incident related by, 82 



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 > 37t 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, 300302 



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 



Greybird. 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 



