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THE "TOE 11 OF CORNWALL 41 truth. A pilgrimage round the county is like climbing a succession of. ridges. The steeps are so steep that they demand real physical effort, and even the drops put a strain on unaccustomed leg- muscles. Newlyn Hill taxes the strength of those coming from normally level districts. It is to be hoped that only horses born and bred in Corn- wall are used for the charabancs and other public vehicles ; it would be sheer cruelty to bring horses from flat-lands here. If we scrambled along the coast beyond Mouse- hole we should come to Lamorna Cove, a deep indentation filled with scrub-bush and small trees. Wherever it is possible trees grow in Cornwall ; they take advantage of every atom of shelter, and every cleft in the ground out of the raging wind is filled with them. The soil is wonderfully fertile, and the constant wet not even its most ardent admirer denies that Cornwall gets rather more than its share of rain develops a prodigal amount of growth in the way of ferns and creepers and other plants that like warm moisture. At Lamorna is a colony of artists ; they have settled here as an outpost from Newlyn, for the natural beauty and remoteness of the place suit them. They have their picturesque houses 6