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remains abound, and yet I would point out that it is remarkable 

 for not possessing a Roman Altar or an Ogham inscription. A 

 Roman bowl engraved with Grreek characters was found many- 

 years ago at Bossens, St. Erth, and was deposited in the 

 Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. It would be desirable to obtain 

 a loan of this, if possible, in order that we might inspect it at 

 our next Autumn Meeting. Oghams abound in Ireland, Wales, 

 and Devon, but as yet Cornwall has not disclosed one such 

 legend. It has one in Cornish but that is of mediaeval date. 



The Ordnance authorities have been most obliging in 

 furthering all our archaeological interests with which their late 

 Survey in any way identified them. I reported to them the 

 unjustifiable cutting of their bench-mark, or broad-arrow, upon 

 several of our ancient monuments, and an order from head 

 quarters was at once issued with a view to preventing a repetition 

 of this practice here and in other counties. One of the beautiful 

 sculptured crosses so defaced is that called '' The Four-holed 

 Cross" on Temple Moor by the roadside between Bodmin and 

 Jamaica. Of this cross and its adornments I have lately made 

 careful rubbings and working drawings, which have been used 

 in sculpturing a memorial just erected at the grave of our 

 esteemed late Lord-Lieutenant, Charles Crespigny, 2nd Baron 

 Vivian of Grlynn, in St. Winnow Churchyard. The old design 

 is re-produced on a slightly smaller scale. It has been skilfully 

 wrought by Mr. Evans of Bodmin and his assistants. 



A stone in memory of the late Canon Shuttleworth at 

 Egloshayle was carved some time ago by Mr. Juleff of Grrampound 

 Road, in imitation of my drawing of the ancient four-holed 

 cross of Cardinham figured and described at page 363 of the 5th 

 volume of our Journal, and that design or a modification of it 

 has been still further repeated. 



In some instances, however, in Cornwall, instead of the 

 remains of antiquity having been copied, the originals have 

 been appropriated for secondary use ! this is to be deprecated, 

 and has led in one recent instance to a dispute between 

 parishes, — as might have been expected. 



With regard to some of these remains I would observe that 

 during the past few years, in order to prevent the incongruous 



