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haunted the neighbourhood, but was at length exorcised and laid 

 to rest in Dozmare Pool ; but having in his lifetime disposed of his 

 soul and body to the " wicked one," his infernal majesty takes great 

 pleasure in tormenting him by imposing on him difficult tasks, such 

 as spinning a rope with sand, and dipping out the pool with a limpet- 

 shell with a hole in the bottom, &c., and at times amuses himself 

 with hunting him over the moors with his hell-hounds, at which 

 time Tregeagle is heard to howl and roar in a most dreadful manner, 

 so that "roaring and howling like Tregeagle" is no uncommon 

 expression amongst the people in Cornwall ; indeed many would 

 not go near the place after dark for the world. Now I must not 

 dismiss this subject without mentioning what happened during our 

 visit to this mysterious pool. The day being exceedingly hot, with 

 a blazing sun and not a breath of wind stirring, we, being rather 

 tired and hungry, sat down to lunch, after which, feeling drowsy, a 

 death-like silence prevailing at the time, we were almost in a state 

 of doze, when suddenly a noise, as if a mighty whirlwind filled the 

 air, then, with the " whish" of an express train dashing through a 

 station, a flight of a thousand golden plovers rushed by and were 

 out of sight in an instant. One of our party, a young rifleman, 

 who" was, I think, fast asleep at the time, and perhaps dreaming of 

 Tregeagle, started up, exclaiming, " What on earth is that ? where's 

 ray rifle ? I wish I had brought my rifle." But, rifle or no rifle, 

 I think he was far too flurried to have used it. Under the circum- 

 stances, however, perhaps it was suflScient to startle any one. After 

 all, I was much pleased with Dozmare Pool, and the sight of the 

 golden plovers alone would have fully repaid my visit. I have an 

 idea that the supposed noise of the " hell-hounds" might be caused 

 by the flights of wild geese over the moor at night. 



Iceland Gull. — Oct. 9. Remarked a fine Iceland gull flying from 

 the Sound into the harbour, where it joined a flock of about fifty her- 

 ring gulls. I have rarely seen the Iceland gull so early in the season. 



Rednecked Phalarope, Sfc.—Oct. 12. Examined a young red- 

 necked phalarope which had been sent from Cornwall to be sluff'ed. 

 It was seen on the 1 0th busily swimming about on a pond about 

 two miles from the sea, at Treharrock, in the parish of St. Kew, 

 seemingly in pursuit of flies, but when shot at and missed, it flew to 

 another pond not far off", the wind at the time blowing very hard 

 from the eastward. In its stomach 1 found the remains of flies 

 and minute beetles, the elytra of which were prettily punctured. 



