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old-fashioned town. A day’s excursion was proposed with these 
friends to Trevose Lighthouse, and it was suggested that a look 
might be given at Harlyn Bay, where some ancient skeletons had 
been recently discovered. Harlyn Bay, a lovely, restful spot, was 
about nine miles from Wadebridge. Here the visitors found 
Mr. Mallett, who owned a newly-built house at this place, as well 
as a small museum, and to whom the credit of these discoveries 
was due. 
In early life Mr. Mallett insisted on going to sea, but after a 
time, tired of a wandering life, he settled down to study in 
Germany, with the intention of entering the musical profession. 
Just as he was making his way his health broke down, and he 
decided on a tramping tour through Cornwall. He pitched his 
tent on the shores of the little bay, lived on the simplest diet, 
practically in the open air, and wore no hat, boots or stockings. 
His health was restored, and he left the place, but he returned 
later on with a charming wife to share the joys and sorrows of 
“'Tamariska.” In that year (1900) he bought a piece of land for 
the erection of a dwelling house, but while digging for the founda- 
tions at a depth of fifteen feet, a slate cist was reached, containing, 
in addition to a skeleton, characteristic implements of an early age. 
The cist proved to be one of many. Mr. Mallett had dropped 
upon a pre-historic Necropolis. 
The discovery was communicated to several scientific 
societies, and a committee was formed to personally direct further 
investigations The committee included such names as the Rev. 
S. Baring Gould, the Rev. W. Iago, Mr. Buddicom, F.G.S., and 
others. About two thousand tons of blown sand were removed 
before any of the interments were laid bare. So far more than a 
hundred had been examined. Some of the relics were distributed 
to various museums, and Mr. Mallett kept the remainder in his 
own little collection. In his grounds he had carefully teased out 
the sand of one or more of the cists, roofed them over with a sort 
of cucumber frame, and was thus able to show the crouched-up 
skeleton iz situ. 
Of one of these arrangements the lecturer showed a photo- 
graph, and mentioned that the crouched-up position of the 
skeleton, together with the many examples of polished stone and 
slate implements, seemed to point to the late Neolithic or early 
Celtic period. These slate implements were extremely interesting, 
and showed a considerable degree of skill in working ; they con- 
sisted of scrapers, borers, piercers, and even needles or small 
piercers. So beautifully finished were these latter that one could 
easily pierce one’s skin with them even now. Prof. Bullen, to 
whom he was indebted for some of his facts, said ‘ Neolithic 
flint flakes and scrapers occur in the neighbourhood as well as in 
the interments ; shell implements also occur, and are of a carved 
needle shape, they are made of limpet and mussel shells. The 
