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TrefFry and finished by Dr. Treffry. Floor, walls, and ceiling are 

 all of polished porphyry and granite. One of the oldest parts of 

 Place as it now stands is the Dining-room, which has the family 

 arms over the mantlepiece, dated in the 16th century. There is 

 some capital plaster decorative work in this and other rooms. 

 Immediately below the house rises the tower of the church. This 

 is a remarkably fine structure, the high-clerestoried nave about 

 the loftiest in the county. It contains a number of ancient monu- 

 ments,^ among them many of the Treffrys and the Eashleighs ; 

 and it is intended to effect a thorough restoration Some progress 

 has been made of late by putting in several very handsome stained 

 glass windows. 



Accepting the kind hospitality of Mr. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, 

 the Excursionists then had a welcome tea in the Town-hall, and 

 after that gentleman had been duly thanked the homeward start 

 was made. Time did not allow of visiting the new Eailway and 

 Harbour works — something of these had been seen, however, on 

 the Fowey-ward drive — but the party gladly availed themselves of 

 Mr. Eashleigh's kindness to drive by Point Neptune — that charm- 

 ing marine retreat — and through Menabilly, to the world-famed 

 mineral grotto, for it is no less. This grotto is a building lined, 

 after the taste of the past age, with specimens of Cornish and 

 other minerals, each side or panel being devoted to a different 

 family. It contains also two of the Hnks of the old chain which 

 used to be drawn across the entrance to the harbour, and which 

 were dredged up many years ago. In the centre is a table of 

 polished porphyries, and while the seaward view from the window 

 is delightful, the appearance of the grotto in the sunshine is 

 dazzlingly if somewhat grotesquely beautiful. Unfortunately, 

 evening was advancing when the party reached this romantic 

 spot. 



The station at Par was reached in good time, and after thanks 

 had been voted by acclamation to Dr. Jago, Dr. Barham, and Mr. 

 Collins, the party separated, well pleased with the events of the 

 day. 



The documents referred to in the above notice as having been 

 communicated by Mr. Deeble Boger, and his paper in relation to 

 them, will be published in the next No. of the Journal ; but as 

 they are important and interesting it may be advisable to print 

 here, in anticipation, the Index of the "Minutes" furnished by 

 him, as it gives their general purport. 



