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 CORNWALL his childhood than it is now. It is now served by two railways, but even these are not likely to induce many tourists to stay here ; visitors prefer to go on to Padstow or Newquay. Perhaps we cannot blame them for seeking the open sea. The old railway connecting Wadebridge and Bodmin was the second line to be opened in England ; it dates from 1834, and on this line, till about three years since, the old fashion of shifting the points by hand, as on tramways, was continued. This is one of the Cornish railways of which jests have been made on account of their slowness ; perhaps the jest is not quite dead yet. It is stated that a poor old market woman had to get out and walk one day, lest she should not reach Bodmin in time. We have warrant for believing this, for Professor Shuttleworth himself, in spite of the patriotism of a native, said, " I have often seen the train stop while people got out and gathered black- berries ". Still, it will hardly be wise for visitors to go there in the blackberry season with this motive. Warbstow (2 m. N.W. of Tresmeer Station) is a dedication to St. Werburgh, of which the name is a corruption (Werburgh's-stow). Wer- burga or Werburh was a Mercian saint; it is natural to find her dedication in Bristol, but rather surprising to find it in Cornwall. How- ever, Warbstow was entirely a Saxon settlement, and must date from a late period when Anglo- Saxondom had become united. The date 1601 may be seen on the church. In this parish is 260