Cf)e Ennual iSxcursion, 1552. 



Two autumn days this year were pleasantly occupied by tlie 

 members of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, and their friends, 

 in an excursion which commenced in the centre of the county, 

 and extended to both its shores. 



The region selected was found to be very picturesque, 

 embracing : — Polperro, on the south coast, receiving within its 

 rocky chasm the waters of the English Channel ; Bodmin, the 

 county town, lying high amongst the hills ; Tintagel and 

 Boscastle, on the north coast, with beetling headlands frowning 

 over the waves of the Atlantic. These were the turning points 

 which were visited, besides other places of note situate between 

 them, viz : — Lostwithiel with Eestormel Castle, Delabol Quarries, 

 Camelford, «&c., &c. 



Much of the ground was new to the travellers, although the 

 Tintagel district had been visited in 1870, and Lostwithiel in 

 1874, during previous excursions* of the Institution. 



Notwithstanding a threatening barometer, fine weather pre- 

 vailed, except during a brief interval. The journeys were 

 performed, as usual, in carriages, omnibusses, and wagonettes. 

 The total distance was very considerable — but, as it was known 

 beforehand that this would be the case, the necessity for moving 

 on with exact punctuality was recognised, and it was agreed 

 that promptitude should be strictly observed. 



Several members of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 

 who were celebrating the Jubilee of that useful Institution, 

 joined the excursion — and altogether from 60 to 70 ladies and 

 gentlemen were present each day. 



On the first day, September 11th, the procession of vehicles, 

 having taken up the Bodmin contingent, left Sandoe's Royal 

 Hotel, at 7 a.m., for Lostwithiel Station, — the ''rendezvous," — 

 in time to meet the early uj) and down trains, which brought 



* Royal Institution of Cornwall Journals and Eeports, Vol. Ill, p. xxxi, 

 (No. xii). Vol. V, p. 13S. 



