Transcriber’s Note:

This e-text is based on the 1897 edition of the book. Minor punctuation errors have been tacitly corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling have been retained.

The following passages have been corrected or need to be commented:

# p. vii (List of Illustrations and Maps; RIVERS OF CORNWALL): ‘New Bridge’ has been removed; there is no such illustration.
# p. 38: ‘as you please’: ‘e’ had been printed upside down; this has been corrected
# p. 64 (caption): ‘p. 658’ ? ‘p. 65’
# p. 147: ‘seige’ ? ‘siege’
# p. 268: ‘muninipal’ ? ‘municipal’
# p. 276: ‘page 223’ ? ‘page 273’
# p. 307: ‘are still call’ ? ‘are still called’
# p. 308: ‘an the bullocks’ ? ‘and the bullocks’; ‘owers’ ? ‘towers’
# p. 376 (Index): ‘Wynn, Sir Watkin Willliams’ ? ‘Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams’