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the last two thousand years almost every foot of the large 

 acreage has been dug up for "tin streaming" purposes. 

 The Phoenicians, the ancient Britons, and the Romans 

 worked on it, and to this day the industry is still carried 

 on, the incessant digging having rendered some parts such 

 very treacherous walking that the most practised bog- 

 trotter could hardly venture for the first few times 

 without a guide. Every dangerous hole in it is, however, 

 well known to old Tullum and his son, and the visitor 

 placing himself in the hands of either can " go forth " 

 fearlessly. The old man is of extraordinary build and 

 strength, and in his younger days was one of the most 

 redoubtable among the many formidable wrestlers of 

 Cornwall. 



The 11th of January saw me at Charlecote, Lord 

 Yarmouth and Campbell Preston completing the party. 

 In the evening of that day we went in force to the 

 Warwick Hunt Ball. On the next one I did some 

 ferreting alone, the rest of the party taking a late sleep, 

 and preparing to receive the Duchess of Teck and Princess 

 Victoria, who were coming over to tea from Warwick 



