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SKETCHES OF OUR COASTS—CORNWALL (_continued_). Wilkie Collins’s Experiences as a Pedestrian—Taken for “Mapper,” 218 “Trodger,” and Hawker—An Exciting Wreck at Penzance—The Life‐line sent out—An Obstinate Captain—A Brave Coastguardsman—Five Courageous Young Ladies—Falmouth and Sir Walter Raleigh—Its Rapid Growth—One of its Institutions—A Dollar Mine—Religious Fishermen—The Lizard and its Associations for Voyagers—Origin of the Name—Mount St. Michael the Picturesque—Her Majesty’s Visit—An Heroic Rescue at Plymouth—Another Gallant Rescue