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Title: The Cornwall Coast

Author: Arthur L. Salmon

Release Date: October 13, 2008 [EBook #26907]

Language: English

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[Illustration: A HIGH SEA ON THE NORTH CORNWALL COAST.

From a photograph by Mr. Alexander Old, Padstow.]

The Cornwall

Coast

_By Arthur L. Salmon_

_Illustrated_

[Illustration: 1 Adelphi Terrace, W.C.]

_T. Fisher Unwin_

_London: Adelphi Terrace_

_Leipsic: Inselstrasse 20_

_1910_

[_All rights reserved._]

ROAD MAPS FOR THE CORNWALL COAST

Those who travel through Cornwall by cycle or motor-car will usually
find very good roads, but for the most part these only touch the coast
at special points; and in some cases it will be wise to leave bicycle
or car at hotel or farm if the coast is to be fitly explored. The
study of a map will show the tourist what to expect, and he may note
the parts where, if he thinks of easy travelling alone, he will have
to desert the sea. But by a judicious use of high-road and by-road he
need never be far from the shore, and in some places the road that is
actually best for him gives fine views of the coast. There are many
excellent maps issued, but it is best to go to the fountainhead, to
the publications of the Ordnance Survey. For the pedestrian those of
one inch to a mile are admirable; but the cyclist or motorist will
find the two miles to an inch more handy, as covering a wider range;
and even those of four miles to the inch are sufficiently full for the
motorist. If any special district is to be carefully explored, the one
mile to an inch should be carried, but the wise rider will not content
himself with a map of a single scale; he should at least carry one for
the entire Duchy and others for the sections.

The maps of the Ordnance Survey for Cornwall are as follow:--

One mile to the inch, large series, in sheets about 27 x 18
inches, paper (flat or f