D. F. M'L.

Cork.

_Antiquity of County Boundaries._--In the loop of Devonshire, on the

western side of the Tamar, formed by the parishes of Werrington and

North Petherwyn, none of the names of places are Cornish, but end in the

Saxon termination of _cot_, whilst in all other parts the Cornish names

are used up to the banks of the river. Modern Cornwall is a province so

well defined by the language of its place-names, that it could be marked

off without difficulty, if its artificial boundary-lines were omitted on

a map. How does this limited extent of the language consist with some

accounts of the former extent of the kingdom?

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