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5. Horn Book, as used in Cornwall, c. 1760. 



6. A deeply gilt figure from a crucifix, of excellent workmanship, 

 found at St. Cadix, on a creek of the Fowey River, when build- 

 ing the present house from ruins of the little religious cell of 

 St. Cyric and St. Juliett (Vide "Lysons," p. 317). 



7. A countryman's Pocket Dial (age unknown), described in the 

 " Eeliquary." 



8. Several rings of stone or clay, named by antiquaries " ancient 

 spindle-whorls," and by the country-folk, "pisky grinding- 

 stones." 



From Boscastle the party journeyed to Slaughter Bridge, near 

 Camelford, the ti-aditional locality of Arthur's last battle against 

 the traitor Mordred, where he received his mortal wound, and 

 whence his remains were removed to the mystic Avallon. At 

 Worthy vale, near at hand, but in a recess difficult of approach, 

 the very interesting Romano-British monumental stone, described 

 by Borlase, was examined; and, it was believed by one of the 

 party, that an important correction was made in its ordinary 

 reading : " Catin hie jacet — filius Magari." * The restoration of 

 the monolith to an erect position was promised, as a reward and 

 record of this visit. 



* Mac Lauchlan, Report of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1850 ; 

 Parochial History of Cornwall, iii, p. 365; Boiiase, Antiquities of-Cormvall, 

 pp. 395 — 6. 



The Eeverend W. lago, who subsequently took a rubbing of the stone, 

 has favoured us with a drawing of it on wood, from wliicli we are enabled to 

 present the following impression ; and ^e avail ourselves of the opportunity 

 of stating that, we are informed, the Eev. J. J. Wilkinson, in a copy of the 

 inscription which he supplied to some of the excursionists previous to their 

 visit, gave the first letter as L. 



