110 ANNTJAIi EXCIJESION. 



After enjoying th.e fine breezes from the moors for a few 

 minutes, the visitors descended the hill, and, having again taken 

 their seats, were driven to St. Columb. The church was first 

 visited, and the old cross by the porch and another near the east 

 end were examined. 



In the interior there are placed to the Arundell family some 

 good brasses. Mr. Collins, the churchwarden, produced the 

 " Grreen-book," a folio in which accounts have been kept from 

 1585 to the present time. The work contains many curious 

 illustrations of byegone manners and customs. From this book 

 we learn that the people in Queen Elizabeth's days used to keep 

 cows and sheep, and farm them out at so much a year. A sheep 

 was let for 7d. a year. Money was also raised for "trayned 

 soldiers " in the time of the Armada. The accounts show that 

 people who could dispense with the luxury of a coffin, could 

 be interred at half-price. The ordinary charge was £1 6s. 8d ; 

 but in 1680 occurs this entry: — "John Lawry, without coffin, 

 13s. 4d." 



The excursionists, having dined at the Eed Lion Hotel, 

 started for Lanherne. On the way a call was made at Carnanton, 

 where, by the kindness of Mr. E. "W. Brydges Willyams, the 

 lower rooms were thrown open to admit an inspection of the 

 pictures at the mansion. When the party arrived at Lanherne, 

 the chapel at the Nunnery was inspected, the precious vestments 

 and a portion of what was called the true cross being exhibited 

 by the priest. Mawgan church was also visited. There are many 

 points of interest here, including the Arundell brasses, a fine 

 screen, and some beautifully carved bench ends. There is also 

 an elaborate cross with Gothic Head of 4 carved panels — the 

 Sculptures therein represent the Annunciation, the Divine 

 Father holding in front of himself the crucified Redeemer, and 

 there are Episcopal side-figures. The date of this Cross is about 

 A.D. 1350. 



A more ancient cross stands in the Nunnery grounds. M. 

 Hiibner assigns it to the seventh or eighth century, there are 

 letters within panels both on back and front under an interlaced 

 ornamentation. The cross itself is four-hold, (that is connected 

 with a circle), and shews an image of the Saviour, If the 



