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GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



protrude, while near the church hornblende slate 

 prevails. A little further south, on the ridge of a 

 barren down, masses of hornblende project, and there 

 are loose blocks upon the hill and in the adjoining 

 valley. Varieties of the same rock are found 

 further south again in the parish. It is charac- 

 teristic of Cornwall that, with its rocky soil and 

 barren uplands, it unites romantic valleys and rich 

 woods, and many such pleasant places as we see at 

 Treworgey. 



This is the district of the Caradon copper-mines, 

 of the fine cromlech known as Trevethy Quoit, of the 

 celebrated Cheesewring, and of the ancient upright 

 stones known as the Hurlers, which once comprised 

 three contiguous circles of stones from 3ft. to 56:. 



high. There is also an ancient well, dedicated to 

 St. Cleer, with a baptistery or chapel, by which it was 

 once enclosed, and there is an ancient cross completing 

 the group. The chapel was destroyed during the 

 fanatical stirrings of the Civil War, but was restored 

 in 1864, as a memorial of the Rev. John Jope, who 

 for sixty-seven years had been vicar of St. Cleer. 

 There were virtues in the water, and it is said to have 

 been used as a "bowsening" resort for curing mental 

 ills and ministering to minds diseased. 



Treworgey House stands, therefore, in a country 

 characteristic of Cornwall, and with special interests 

 of its own. It is a land of wide prospects and of 

 great winds, and yet, in the holljws, Nature nourishes 

 in all her green luxuriance. 



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