The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . o river; tlie first-named separates 8t. Marys fromSt. Pauls, Avliile the second divides the parish of St. Mary from that of St. little Kenwyn is personally conducted through the streets of the cathedraltown by the Corporation, in open conduits, and forms a not unpleasant feature ofthe tiny city in We-stern Barbary whose inhabitants were once said to have a goodconceit of themselves: The people of this town dress and live so elegantly thatthe pride of Triu-o is become a by-word in th
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . o river; tlie first-named separates 8t. Marys fromSt. Pauls, Avliile the second divides the parish of St. Mary from that of St. little Kenwyn is personally conducted through the streets of the cathedraltown by the Corporation, in open conduits, and forms a not unpleasant feature ofthe tiny city in We-stern Barbary whose inhabitants were once said to have a goodconceit of themselves: The people of this town dress and live so elegantly thatthe pride of Triu-o is become a by-word in the county. The most modern of our 64 RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. [The Fal. EiiLrlish catliodrnls is a inomuncut to the pious zeal, marvellous industry, (ju(?nchable eiitliusiasui of l)r. Blmisoh, the iirst Bishop of Truro, afterwardsAn-hbisho]) of Canterbury. Tlie Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone in 1880, and its consecration took ])laceseven years later. The style is EarlyEuiilish of tlu- thirteenth ecnlury, andat present the cathedral but ])artiallyrealises the ambitious desio-n of the. arcliitcct, who phiiiiud a viiv imposiny- ediiice. which, in the event of its ultimatecompletion, nnist inevitalily cliallen-v mmparison with tlie most notable of modernachievements in llie (lothic Already it jmisscsscs s(>veial splendid windows andman\- beautiful .specinu-ns of modern s(idi)turc. Tiic |)rettiest parts of our river lie lictween Kin^- Harrys Tassaiic and TrCf^otlman, wliore the lal unites with the Truro river and St. Clenuntscreek, both .shores are beautifully clotlied witli w I. and the line of The Fal.] FALMOUTH EARBOUB. 65 water at high tide lends a nobility and magnificence to the scene which affordsample occasion for the high-flown descriptions and lavish praise bestowed upon theFal. On the right are tlu^ gromuls of Trelissick; and a picturesque glimpseof the stream may be caught near the estuary called Malpas Road, by the ferryat Tolv
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