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having each a cross wrought on them. One such is heneath a 

 recess in south wall of chancel ; and within the chancel, beneath 

 the altar, there is in the floor a brass representing, in semi-effigy 

 and habited in costume of her time, the mother of John Kelly, 

 who, according to Oliver's Monasticon, was Dean of Crantock, 

 1430-37. The inscription, extended, is as follows : — 



Hie jacet Johanna Bona Mater Johannis Kelly 

 Decani CoUegatse Sancti Carenteci 

 cujus animffi propicietur Deus. Amen. 



The churchyard is of great extent ; and outside, on the head- 

 land, is a low circular mound enclosing a small space, as if for 

 wrestling or for a beacon. 



Not until very "late in the gloaming" did the numerous ex- 

 cursionists congregate for evening refection — a very substantial 

 " high tea," provided by the Institution, and laid out, by the 

 Reverend Prebendary Kinsman's permission, in the School-house 

 at Trevena — the town-place of Tintagel parish ; and after tea, 

 the party resolving itself into special general meeting, were thus 

 addressed by the President, preliminary to other proceedings : — 



"Ladies and Gentlemen : Notwithstanding this meeting consists 

 wholly of members and friends of the Eoyal Institution of Cornwall, 

 we may not all be aware that, for more than half a century it has 

 devoted itself to illustrating the Natural History and to preserving 

 and describing the Antiquities of the County. It possesses an 

 extensive, carefully arranged, and well-kept Museum, rich in the 

 rocks, minerals, shells, fishes, and birds of Cornwall, as well as in 

 productions of various parts of the world. It has published — 

 beside illustrations of the Fauna of Cornwall, by the Messrs. 

 Couch — several volumes of Reports and Journals, which contain 

 an enormous amount of valuable information regarding the 

 Geology, Natural History, and Statistics of the County. Our 

 extended series of Meteorological Observations — carried on under 

 the superintendence of my able and excellent predecessor and 

 kind friend. Dr. Barliam — will, I believe, bear favourable com- 

 parison with any other in the West of England. Our Museum 

 and Library are open at all reasonable hours ; and it may save me 

 further remark on the opinion generally entertained of them, to 

 say that we have annually about 7000 visitors. We invite atten- 

 tion to our collections, and we believe that those who examine 

 them will not be disappointed. — For some time past, objects of 

 interest have been visited occasionally by the members and friends 

 of the Institution; and of late — without, I believe, any formal 

 resolution on the subject — an autumnal excursion seems to have 



