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treasures from the Indian and Oriental collections of the late 

 Sir Stamford Raffles, his great uncle. The Church was next 

 visited under the guidance of Canon "Wise. It is a very inter- 

 esting one and has been beautifully restored. Roche was 

 reached about noon after a pleasant drive across the G-oss Moors. 

 Here the church, an interesting old cross in the churchyard, and 

 the celebrated twin rocks were visited, and an excellent paper on 

 the monastic chapel was read by the Rev. A. H. Malan. The next 

 halting place was Castel-an-Dinas, when Mr. JefEery, one of 

 the vice-presidents of the society, informed the excursionists 

 that they had gained an altitude of 730 feet : pointed out the 

 sinuous approach, the well, and the dry wall formation of the 

 ramparts, which are now believed to be two, and not four in 

 number. It is noteworthy that in the Cornish Drama of 

 Bennan's Meriasek, one of the scenes is placed at Castel-an- 

 Dinas, then standing. At S. Columb the church was first 

 visited, and the two old crosses in the churchyard inspected. In 

 the interior some fine brasses were seen, and Mr. Q-. B. Collins, 

 the churchwarden, courteously conducted the party over the 

 sacred building and produced the "Green book" a folio in 

 which accounts have been kept from 1585 to the present time. 

 Curious entries are found which throw much light on the 

 customs of the age : — recording inter alia that a sheep was 

 lent for 7d. the rentee taking the progeny and the wool : that a 

 stock of money was also supplied for " trayned soldiers " in the 

 time of the threatened Armada, and the accounts show that 

 people who could dispense with a coffin could be buried at half 

 price. The Rectory was visited, on the moated site of the 

 original parsonage of the Arundell who officiated at 8. Columb 

 before the reformation. Dinner was served at the Red Lion 

 Hotel, under the Presidency of Mr. H. M. Je:ffery, and appreci- 

 ated. The party next drove to Carnanton, where they were 

 received by Mr. H. J. Willyams, and shewn by their guide, 

 himself an artist, the very valuable gallery of paintings of old 

 and modern masters. Mawgan was next reached : the Nunnery 

 of Lanherne, the ancient 16th century seat of the great 

 Arundells, being the chief object of interest here, the excursion- 

 ists were fortunate to have Revd. Father Dawson, chaplain of 

 the establishment for their guide, who conducted them over the 



