Polpenrifof#ftàs Tolpere, a&d PclwöisB^^Giecks, mmamgmp tp-
warâs Conftantine Chur-ch ; and a . mile farther down, :iGh*§l9Wi
.dia's Caïmaïffake Creek (Defend III. * 3 0 TMs Jbasïeoa^ijribki a
mile ofétTmoufo, R; féemeénough for flâps <of a© §*iô©4 ,and m
it’s paffege into the fea^ fc about a mile («éde, :
w This Rivéf fTes itx the feigheft Northern part <$£ Weodcewipa^ÉH*
wlfencé;‘l î i about five mies, it reaches foe borough of
about a mile below which it forms a. Daike, caMeditheTovPeol ; the
föver "0 vmg nfètbflhel/ake, -and foe Lake, as thé waft, ■ oeswfeébîé
part of the Water,' 'giving: name to .the Riv-er \
Four brodes give rife to this Riv er '; and uniting at Refofcbas
• from a Weftern Courte, turn to the North, and fothrbbrmile?
reach Bf/Fffo, alias St. Eroy Bridge, of three florae Ar£bev<md.4
taifed Caufey well walled on each fide, ®qac8nng croft the! ,yajfe|r>
T h e Bridge has been built fomewhat more than ibi^Ç
which fifàé thère wâs a ferry here,: afidfbips of great burdeme&fBç up
tö it/ : ^ffie %aff^: above bridge, has i-beéffls^htocb-'TDB^bby' the
fands and earth, wàflied down feopi the hill® aaidL-niiilps:;>î anfofol?
havdn below has ibfiered the ferae mkfoitune; ; fibm;,£he fend* gf
the Northém fea; fo that lightèri only come wifointa bowidhôtr^f
the bridge ; and that ‘with the ride öf flood, • hvliidh at fpring.tjdföf
flows near a mile above the bridge. rTlefofoe 'land ofCöfiOWajl» ‘
is at it’s narroweft dimerflon ; T©: that ^
Heyl on the North Sea, to thé foS Sea-marled Stóferfeion'in Mosnt’s
Bay bi/thë South Sea, the diffeJÉeeés'but ihcee aMltt,'!" From‘St.
Erth the Heyl bears direéfty North, fpreading a>ij area o f fend, o f
half a'irate wide at a medium^ and two miles long,? bhforpîiglÉlp
only in foe chanel of the River, which admits final! ih ip s a mile
inwàrds from "the fea under Thè iMllagê! <tf ■ ?llamàant.T,3lNïâ!ÿ‘ it«s
mouth the Heyl is joined by a bfoók from the ?Eaft, which, under
the Parochial Church of Phifac, makes a brpch?©£ this haven for
Ihips of i po tons. The Sea has not 'only dmoft filled : this final!
harbour with fend, but forms a bar alfo at it’s mouth,, óver which
fbips of So and io o ton only can come in at the height o f .a Ipring
tide ; and the bed o f the whole is fo raifed, that' it admits the tide in
it only fix hours in twelve ; fo that whereas, in harbours open to
the fea, the tide flows fix hours, and ebbs fix hours: here ’tis
* Kilmgnach, the Monks Cell$ Cbjelow, or
(Killow 3 that is, the cell or hpufe on the water
o r w&&-
a By Lelanjf called Hailftop, v<fi. jii, page %2.
ky mift^eibr Hellas, or Bel-laf-toji ; that is, the
town on the Greco River •, waters often taking
this pact of ^their name from their coloury as
Cam-las, the Green Cam; in Meiionythmiry,
Caernarvonfhire, and Brecknodefllire, ©Mas y an
Bj^c^ockl^ir?, Morlds aqua caerulea ; Lhuyd
in Baxter, 274. Yr a von las the Green RiverTn
Glamorganfbi’Fe, ibid ;pagff“266.
b In Speed, and Camden’s maps, and Nordeo,
page 22, this river is caJled Cober, - a liMftalee
(as I apprehend) for Lober; (that is, the bar of
ihe Ld) a Tandy pebbly bank, thrown up by t|e
Tea at the mouth of this river, and fervujig as a
dam to form; the Lake.
It Leland, Vdl, iii. page ao.<!
| d Leland, ibid.
otherwife ;
'3 ’hours,,before,it c p enter HeyP|p
' and S H H B B i H I H i after the tide has quitedifo
appeared inH cd : ’tis ^V'^foremt^half-.tide 'h^vm.:’ yet, not-
j l ^ f l a n d i n g ^ f l a e f t o f ^ ^ K a b l e f o r iron, Briftol
wayfes, j bu| mqk^Tpecially^Wel^ea^b whi}c h / i' prefept thete ,
home- j
ndghtfflaatoodf that .ufij^Jy *^ere are" v
gabove MeTundred,' 9%fenes a tfiegand %S|s, whick come to ^
m M week.
The fe'e-eusnes, |wHicK;%ake off th^^ateft quaptity' o f coaiffrom
, Aar.bo« f f fiqd' ,& -'trade,Mere’muA
^ -prpportionably ad\ 'fiii.ee. ^
\ Ganal Creek 41^ i s ug .intp Jtj^^nd .fo^^t^ ^pfth^qr^v«
as^^if^Stfometimes called, abput two miles, whe^&atgneetg~
R.iv ri% j? , fMi.arifo 'of K ^ J a ^ e f o S S '
tergal/eat of LordLAxrqn|d o f v^asuppre’ c o ^ S
'htit,; life pur'l/ier J tt je^ y en sTS the Nprtfol!
.% a> Iw? fuffered much ^om, theplenn^fj.e^-1and,>' ’with which t l S >
abounds,f thal^evpry /form ?:frovtn^the Weft
throws» it in rqpm hr |efs upon the p e eks'
5h.d, ^ .^ ^ i^ a c e s tipoii the ^ hills. Jit: the *mb#4 p f& e Ganal >
flands-a little village,, called Carantoc, 'fiom^the S^tjtoJvhpm the p
&.parifh Church^is oea|eated7 Tradition f e y i j^ a t^ ^ ^ a ^ e n t f y !^ .
T|jng tefidence^of a Dvqan^ and^ine/feb^ds^ '
'J'tm§,jonly can frequent this .Creek. °
We proceed fiext/o the gyeateft River on /fie North'pJ, Cornwall,'tocrA^!‘'
^ prefent commonly palled the Camef (that is,'tffe crcjbkgd River W
$om the/many turnings in its &yrfe, ,efpeciflly /rpm* the fharp
angle it makes near Bodman, where,'fron^a./ouSSouth Weff|ohriel 1
of twelve pules or more, it bears for .thp SealNokh.Npyth JVeft.
It was allb called in Leland’s time f Dunmere; that// the’ Wafe-r/l-'
of the Hills; and the bridge oyer,it, n e ^ 'B o dm a n ,,isW c S S # .
Dunmere Bridge.' I t w|Sjalfo « called CaBlan in fome^iftories8;”
but this is onlg a contraction of'ipabm A lp , 'that, is, (the crooked*
Alan; (not Camblan, tas in ,C am d e n th e (b being inferred before4.
foe m by the Cornifh idiom',*.; for, Alan is indeeTtheproppgname*.
Tdis River rifes about two miles North of the borough qf,ppa<^fbrd,
where its banks are famous for .two monftderable ’battles ,;, the firft
" kÉ>#o(d
f S rt| i m 8 j f r Candis, figniijtAgarhllSj
»el, Creek, or: narrow s'l 1 : ' j Thus
there is Kanàt.Idihijîi in the l ’ 1 7 , 1%
«taking SigiM'Creek; and here is Khnal in'"a
l i l Mr. LhuÿdXays, that the Cornffi
u'e the word Shanol for Caaalis (Compar. Et^ipP
jin tore'' Heic it is Knul or^Ganal, tli^Jt bung
£©fieh changed intb g .. . i
j-^V b l.V 'II , pà'ge^ioé:
K' s ^ays Leland, ib.
H h' Laft Ed^iofctÿ ; ^
s |rvAs-^o;bmvf^ Etc,
m Lelarl^ ’ibicfi
N in