CHAPTER V

The Inhabitants of Morwenstow in 1834—Cruel 105 Coppinger—Whips the Parson of Kilkhampton—Gives Tom Tape a Ride—Tristam Pentire—Parminter and his Dog Satan—The Gauger’s Pocket—Wrecking—The Wrecker and the Ravens—The Loss of the _Margaret Quail_—The Wreck of the _Ben Coolan_—“A Croon on Hennacliff”—Letters concerning Wrecks—The Donkeys and the Copper Ore—The Ship _Morwenna_—Flotsam and Jetsam—Wrecks on 14th Nov., 1875—Bodies in Poundstock Church—The Loss of the _Caledonia_—The Wreck of the _Phœnix_ and of the _Alonzo_