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The town of Penzance is rapidly extending itself; new houses are continually rising in commanding situations; and, since the publication of the first edition of this work, HOT AND COLD SEA BATHS have been completed upon a suitable scale of convenience. The waiting room belonging to this establishment commands a prospect of very singular beauty. St. Michael's Mount rising boldly in front, forms a striking relief to the extended line of coast which constitutes the back ground; while the undulating shores on the left, skirted by the little village of Chyandour, are well contrasted, on the opposite side, with the busy scene of the pier, and the numerous vessels in the harbour.

In enumerating the advantages this town holds out as a residence to invalids, it deserves notice that a packet sails every Friday to the Scilly Islands, and returns on the following Tuesday. The distance is about fourteen leagues, and, with a fair wind, the passage is generally accomplished in six hours; but with contrary winds it has sometimes, though very rarely, exceeded two days.

On the following day festivities of a very different character enliven the bay; and the spectator can hardly be induced to believe that the same actors are engaged in both dramas. At about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the country people, drest in their best apparel, pour into Penzance from the neighbouring villages, for the purpose of performing an aquatic divertisement. At this hour the quay and pier are crowded with holiday-makers, where a number of vessels, many of which are provided with music for the occasion, lie in readiness to receive them. In a short time the embarkation is completed, and the sea continues for many hours to present a moving picture of the most animating description.

In the vicinity of the town are delightful walks through shady dingles, and over swelling hills, from whose summits we catch the most delicious sea and land prospects; and which are not a little heightened in beauty and effect by the glowing aerial tints so remarkably displayed in this climate at the rising and setting of the sun. Here too the Botanist may cull, in his rambles, a great variety of rare indigenous plants; with a catalogue of which we shall now close the present chapter.

LIST OF INDIGENOUS PLANTS OF WESTERN CORNWALL.

Alisma Damasonium between Penzance and Marazion.

Anchusa Officinalis St. Ives, &c.

Anethum Foeniculum, common near Marazion.

Aquilegia Vulgaris St. Ives, Goldsithney, &c.

Antirrhinum Orontium Gulval, Land's End.

Anthemis Nobilis passim.

Anthyllis Vulneraria . Downs, Whitsand Bay.

Aspidium Oriopteris Gear Stamps and New Mill.

Aspidium Dilatatum. Variety. Moist Banks.

Asplenium Marinum St. Michael's Mount, Land's End, Logan rock.

Bartsia Viscosa Cornfields near Hayle.

Brassica Oleracea Cliffs, Penzance.

Briza Minor Cornfields between Gulval and Ludgvan.

Bunias Cakile Beach between Penzance and Newlyn.

Campanula Hederacea Trevaylor Bottom, Gear Stamps, &c.

Chironia Littoralis Beach between Penzance and Marazion.

Cochlearia Officinalis Cliffs near the Sea, common.

Convolvulus Soldanella Whitsand Bay, Marazion Green.

Cucsuta Epithymum common upon Gorse.

Cynosurus Echinatus Ludgvan.

Daucus Maritimus Land's end, Logan rock, Botallack, &c.

Dicranum Cerviculatum Gulval, Scilly.

Drosera Longifolia Marsh between Marazion and Penzance.

Erica Vagans Lizard Peninsula.

Erodium Maritimum Sea shore, common.

Eryngium Maritimum Sea shore, common.

Euphorbia Peplis Marazion Green.

Exacum Filiforme Marazion Marsh, beyond the half way houses.

Genista Pilosa Kynance Cove.

Gentiana Campestris Downs, Whitsand Bay, Lizard, &c.

Geranium Columbinum Ludgvan.

Glaucium Luteum Scilly Islands.

Helleborus Viridis between Rosmorran and Kenegie, near the brook.

Herniaria Hirsuta between Mullion and the Lizard.

Hookeria Lucens Trevaylor Bottom. Between Rosmorran and Kenegie.

Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense Among the loose stones at Castle An Dinas, on the east side.

Hypnum Scorpioides Gulval, Zennor, &c.

Illecebrum Verticillatum Gulval, Gear Stamps, Land's end.

Inula Helenium Gulval, The Mount, St. Ives, Scilly.

Iris Foetidissima Madron.

Linum Angustifolium St. Ives.

Littorella Lacustris . In a watery lane near Penzance.

Mentha Odorata Burian.

Myrica Gale Marsh, Gulval, and Ludgvan.

Neckera Heteromalla Trevaylor Bottom, Try, &c.

Neottia Spiralis. Between Penzance and Marazion.

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