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took of luncheon ; and on a proposition from Mr. Eogers, the 

 President of the Institution, seconded by Rev. G. L. Church, 

 thanks were cordially voted to the Manager and other authorities 

 at the mine for kindly allowing the party to assemble there, and 

 especially to Mr. William Rule, who had ably superintended the 

 preparation of the luncheon. Mr. J. S. Dymond acknowledged 

 the compliment on behalf of its recipients. 



After an inspection of some of the Avorkings of this successful 

 copper mine, the carriages were once more filled, and the excur- 

 sionists proceeded to Trethevy Cromlech, — the largest of Cornish 

 Cromlechs, the covering-stone being fourteen feet ten inches long 

 by nine feet wide. It has never been opened, so far as is known, 

 and it appears to remain in its original completeness, except that 

 the end stone at the west has fallen inwards so as to cover the 

 floor of the interior, and, becavise of its large size, to render ex- 

 cavation beneath it impossible. From the cromlech, a narrow 

 paved lane, about a furlong in length and about six feet wide, 

 leads to Tremar Coombe. It is impassable, except to pedestrians 

 and to pack mules. It is suggested that possibly there might 

 have been a British village at the head of this lane, and that re- 

 mains of British dwellings may be found in the vicinity. 



This was the last object visited on Monday, Roundaberry 

 being abandoned in favour of the tea and conversazione to which 

 the excursionists had been invited by the Literary Institution at 

 Liskeard. This took place at about eight o'clock, in the Town 

 Hall; the Mayor, Mr. J. C. Isaac, presiding, in the absence of 

 Mr. J. C. Corin, president of the Liskeard Institution. — A general 

 resumS of the day's excursion was given by Mr. Rogers, after 

 which Mr. Whitley made a few remarks, descriptive of St. Cleer 

 Church ; and Mr. Smirke made some observations on Doniert's 

 monument, expressing his belief that it was a genuine memorial 

 stone, of ancient date, commemorative of a Christian prince. Mr. 

 J. T. Blight addressed the meeting on cromlechs, special reference 

 being made to the one at Trethevy, which was entirely of granite ; 

 and as this kind of stone could not have been obtained within a 

 mile, there must have been considerable labour in the transit of 

 the material and in the construction of the building. By means 

 of drawings on a black board, Mr. Blight explained the generally 

 accepted mode by which such massive stones were raised to their 

 position ; and he made some remarks also on the supposed use of 

 artificial holes in cromlechs. 



There was exhibited at this Conversazione the " Liskeard in- 

 scribed stone," which, some few years since, was removed from 

 the wall of the Grammar School, situate on M'hat is called the 

 Castle. The late Mr. Pedler, in his Programme for the Cambrian 



