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HARDY FERNS. 
went a tour in the north of England, and in going 
over a silver mine I was accompanied by one of 
the miners, who explained the different details of 
the mine, and the processes of refining the silver. 
At last we arrived at the final process, and saw 
the silver pmified of all its dross. I made some 
slight remark to the man on the exceeding beauty 
of the ore, which he instantly answered by saying, 
" Yes, madam, I trust we shall be found as bright 
as that when the trials of earth have done their 
work, and purified all sin from our hearts : we 
shan't think much of the fire we have gone through 
then." I looked up at the intelligent face, and 
said, "You are from Cornwall?" He asked me 
how I knew, for indeed it was so ; and then he 
went on to tell me of his home and his prospects 
in the country he loved so much better than the 
north. 
" One and All " is the motto of Cornwall, and 
it expresses much that is pleasing in the character 
of the people. 
The gardens I saw in Cornwall (they were not 
