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 SURFACE AND GENERAL FEATURES 13 the western hills of Yorkshire. We must take what we can find and much can be found in Cornwall if we do not expect too much, nor look for what is not there, and under existing geological conditions could not be there. 5. Watershed, Rivers. From what has been already said, it will be seen that the great spinal column of Cornwall is in the north and that On the Camel consequently the principal rivers must flow to the south. It is true that the Camel and its tributaries rise in the north and flow north to debouch into Padstow estuary, but that is the only river of the smallest consequence that directly feeds the Atlantic.