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Truth. wall in 1746, and liave an additional value in that they were 

 made in the parish by one Leggo, who is said not to have always 

 confined the use of his skill to such laudable purposes. It is said 

 of him that he had an especial talent for making half-crowns, and 

 that he was detected and imprisoned. By some means he got 

 hold of one of his half-crowns, and with much skill converted it 

 into a snuff box. This he kept about him until the day of 

 trial. The account of the trial, as related to me by an old inhabi- 

 tant, is a little confusing, as it seems to have been carried on in 

 a rather French style, the judge worrying the poor prisoner, and 

 trying to get him to convict himself. However, I tell the story as 

 it was told to me. The judge produced a half-crown, and asked 

 the prisoner if he recognised it as one of his making. He asked 

 to see it, but handed back the snuff-box, remarking pleasantly, 

 ' ' Yes, it was his making all right, and he was not ashamed, 

 indeed he was rather proud of it." He explained to the judge 

 which way to twist it, it was opened, and according to the tale, 

 the judge at once recognised that this poor fellow, accused of the 

 wicked crime of coining, was only an ingenious maker of toys. 

 Of the font I say nothing, except that it is of late date, tasteless 

 design, and feeble execution. As any of you who know this 

 church will at once perceive, there are many other things about it 

 which I ought to notice, but for brevity omit ; the piers and capi- 

 tals, many of them having armorial bearings of some interest, 

 the tower arch, the hood-moulds of the windows, especially those 

 having on their terminals some fleurs de lys, and the curiously 

 formed letters J" and M, with dots that recall the five wounds of 

 Christ and the seven dolours of Mary. Nor can I stay to do more 

 than mention the little oratory of St. Helen on Cape Cornwall, the 

 chapel on Carn Brea, respecting which the late Mr. Copeland 

 Borlase wrote so interestingly, the plain-an-guare which is fairly 

 to be regarded as part of the history of the church, for it was 

 doubtless erected when the drama was one of the church's favour- 

 ite methods of instruction, the mission room at Kelynack, 

 of which I can say nothing for I have never seen it, or the 

 church of Pendeen, which is in this civil parish, and which, 

 though its proportions make it more like a shooting gallery than 

 a church, yet is of never failing interest because of the energy of 

 the vicar aad the people who erected it, 



