The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . RIVERS OF CORNWALL. Tho Sliiior .Streams of Cornwall—The- Tamau : WooUuy Barrows—Jlorwellham aud Weir Iloail—Mnrwell Eoiks—Harewood — Calstock—Cotchcle—Pentillie—Confluence with the Tavy—Saltish—Tlic Hamoaze. The Fowey : AChange of Xaine—St. Neot—Lostwithiel—Fowey. The Fal : Fentou Fal—Tregony—Tniro—Tregothnan— wood . VilK I ( < )Mi.\.RATIVELY insignificant tliouuli tliev may bo, the riversof (ornwall liavc peculiar interest alike for the geoiiraplierand tlie ,
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . RIVERS OF CORNWALL. Tho Sliiior .Streams of Cornwall—The- Tamau : WooUuy Barrows—Jlorwellham aud Weir Iloail—Mnrwell Eoiks—Harewood — Calstock—Cotchcle—Pentillie—Confluence with the Tavy—Saltish—Tlic Hamoaze. The Fowey : AChange of Xaine—St. Neot—Lostwithiel—Fowey. The Fal : Fentou Fal—Tregony—Tniro—Tregothnan— wood . VilK I ( < )Mi.\.RATIVELY insignificant tliouuli tliev may bo, the riversof (ornwall liavc peculiar interest alike for the geoiiraplierand tlie , and are rife with the charms of natuialseenery which attract every lover of the heautiful. If weexcept the Camel, which is the only river worth}- of mentionthat flows into the Bristol Channel, the county has a .soutlierndrainage, this from ihc fa<t that the ^licd ofCornwall is almost confined to the couulry contiguous to tht!north (Mjust. Perhaps it is l)y way ol compensation to theCamel, or .Man, that it lias two sources. Hy .Vdveiit its course runs through a romantic cnuntry ofit meets tiu tidi at Kiiloshavlc, tliincc i)assint Wadeliridge, eij^lit miles Ijelow which it falls into llarliour. The Tamar.] MORWELLHAM AND WEIR HEAD. 55 Of the streams possessing something of historic interest and scenic charmthe Looe must be mentioned because of the lovely vale through which i
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