Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1891 — ON THE CORNISH COAST. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ON THE CORNISH COAST.

A Place Replete wltl* RomaitNe and Flat* iiroHque Surseundlng*. On the western coast of Cornwall, washed by the Atlantic's waters, are some of the finest prospects of sea, sky and shore to be met with anywhere In England. In the vicinity of Newguay are caves and fissures of most peculiar formation, linked with the memory of the times when smug-

gling was followed by tho hardy natives. But tho people now live by honest means, and the pilchard, a fish peculiar to the Cornish engages the attention of a large number of daring" boatmen. This fish when pickled and sold in the neighboring minty of Devon is known as bite Cornish duck. From a station commanding the shore a man, known as tbe “huer,” is constantly stationed In season to watch the approach of a migratory shoal of these peculiar fish. When sighted a “hue and cry" is raised, and the fishermen man their boats and prepare their nets for tho capture. A short distance from Newguay to the northeast are tho Bedruthen steps, where the sea is constantly chopping and hewing huge masses of granite into weird and picturesque shapes. A notable example of this is

"Queen Boss Rock,” which Is not unlike tbe figure of the “virgin” Queen of England, with her crown, high ruff and stomacher. A visit to the Cornish coast will prove Interesting to those lp search of the picturesque undi romantic.

QUEEN BESS ROCK.

THE HUER'S HOUSE.