NOTE ON PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. 



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The driving of the adit was, however, afterwards resumed, for 

 £16 19s. 3d., was paid for driving it from March to June, 1739. 



There are a few peculiarities in the mode of making the 

 entries. Thus the months after August are 7"^^' S'"''" 9^^^' X^^'' 



Again, the columns for pounds, shillings, and pence are head- 

 ed as usual £ s. d., but £9 2s. 6d. would be written 009 02 06 

 three places being always kept in the pounds column and two in 

 each of the others. 



I will conclude these extracts by giving the following list of 

 farms mentioned in the book in the year 1745. 



Wheal Deer Grentle Farm 



Tollandrize 



Wheal Hawke 



Great Dodnall 



Wheal Kine 



Wheal Egles 



Puckrel 



South Pell 



Parkandrea 



Wheal John Avery 



Carraclose 



Wheal Grwyn 



Wheal -an-Leane 



Wheal death Farm 



Great Wheal Widden 

 Park Croas 

 Wheal-an-Arrance 

 Great Wheal-an-Starran 

 Wheal Fatt 

 Wheal-an-Larke 

 Wheal-an-Crean 

 Wheal Horbor 

 Wheal Heckah 

 Wheal Trezen 

 Conmerneisan 



These names indicate clearly that mining in St. Agnes was 

 carried on before farming was introduced — the farms taking the 

 names of the mines in their vicinity, and not vice versa. 



