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 POPULAR IDEAS OF CORNWALL 15 mounds of rubbish and crumbling chimneys mark disused tin-mines ; where the sharp and hard out- lines of slate shriek at you everywhere ; where ragged, scrubby fences break up an endless series of barren-looking fields, and the whole landscape gives the impression that it is flying at a terrific speed westward, heading into the prevailing wind, because all the trees and shrubs that have managed to survive it at all are bent nearly double. But what of the glorious wooded slopes in Bodmin neighbourhood where smooth roads wind between the rich growth of woods ? What of the famous valleys such as Luxulyan and others ? There is plenty inland attractive enough if one knows where to look for it. Perhaps this impression as to the interior has grown because the painting fraternity, now a recog- nized part of Cornish society, mostly paint views on or near the coast, having settled chiefly at and near Newlyn and St. Ives. Mr. Lewis Hind, in his book on Cornwall, says : " Probably two hundred canvases are despatched each year from the Delect- able Duchy to Burlington House and elsewhere ; of this number seven-eighths have been painted in Newlyn or St. Ives. . . . The great centres are Newlyn, St. Ives, and Falmouth, and the votes of