The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . he argument befoie King James, and it wasnot long ere Falmouth was the first port in Cornwall. Its great era ofjuosjieritv exemplifies the adage that its an ill wind that blows nobody good,for, during our Avars with the French, Falmouth Ijecame a mail packet .station,and flourished exceedingly on Government service. It was the boast of proud Fahnouthians that a hundred vessels couldride in the creeks of Falmouth Harbour and vet tluit no two should lie of each other. How this miglit
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . he argument befoie King James, and it wasnot long ere Falmouth was the first port in Cornwall. Its great era ofjuosjieritv exemplifies the adage that its an ill wind that blows nobody good,for, during our Avars with the French, Falmouth Ijecame a mail packet .station,and flourished exceedingly on Government service. It was the boast of proud Fahnouthians that a hundred vessels couldride in the creeks of Falmouth Harbour and vet tluit no two should lie of each other. How this miglit l)c mav be understood in part when it isexplained that, besides many smallei arms, there are five ])riiicipal creeks. branches not the least is that wliich was piolniblx the eailiisf used, to Peniyn ;there is a .second to I\;mguet and IVrranarworthal : a tliinl, also of ancientuse, to Truro and Bridge; a fourth running uj) to St. ^Fawes andGerraiis: and tlic tiftli and greatest, to Knig Harrys Beacli, toward TregonyAvliich is the main stream of our Fal. Hrcni W. riujtu: IrUJi i Oj., , moM IXISMINO.
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