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NATURAL HISTORY 31 Impatiens Roylei, from India, grows extremely abundantly between Liskeard and Looe, and near Tintagel, and a species of May-weed (Matricaria dmolded] has become a troublesome pest near Falmouth. Loe Pool in the Lizard district is noticeable for the number of rare and local plants it possesses. The Scilly Islands own certain plants peculiar to them ; thus, Trifolium repens, var. Townsendi) and Ornitbopus ebracteatus are said not to be found elsewhere in England, and Carex ligerka only in Norfolk. The chief feature of the mammals of the county is that the grey seal, Halichaerus gryphus, is quite numerous in the Scilly Islands ; that the polecat, though nearly extinct, it still found ; and that both badgers and otters are very abundant. It is a curious fact that certain freshwater fish common in other parts of England, such as pike, roach, chub, and bream, are unknown. The bird which bears the distinctive appellation, the Cornish chough (it is not confined to the county, but is also found in Wales), is now not nearly as common as formerly, but like the raven it still breeds on some parts of the coast. 8. Around the Coast. From Morwen= stow to Land's End, This noble coast so terrible to sailors begins with the fine Henna Cliff at Morwenstow. Morwenstow Church contains an early font and has fine Norman arches.