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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The Editor will he glad, to receive short Notes on Discoveries, and 

 occurrences of interest, relating to the Antiquities, Geology, and 

 Natural History, Sfc, of the County, for insertion in this portion of the 

 Journal. 



No. I. 

 Re-erection of the Nine- Stones. 



On April 8th, Mr. F. R. Rodd, accompanied by Mrs. Rodd, 

 took some men to the old circle of this name, which lies about 

 three quarters of a mile S.E. of Fox Tor, and the diameter of which 

 coincides with the boundary-line between Altarnon and North Hill. 

 The stones (which happen to be nine in number), were all fallen 

 except two : this was not to be wondered at considering none of 

 them are more than 6 or 7 feet high, and they are not large of their 

 kind ; besides, the cattle constantly trampling round and rubbing 

 against them hasten the effects of winds and rains. Two stones of the 

 circle were missing ; but the one in the centre, though fallen, was in 

 place ; for which a fresh pit was excavated, without, however, bring- 

 ing to light any indications of there having been an interment there. 



This is but a small circle, and so not particularly valuable as a 

 relic of antiquity ; yet the restoration of it none the less serves a 

 good purpose, as tending to shew the moor-men, especially those 

 on the look-out for gate-posts, that labour {i.e. money) is expended 

 on their preservation : and therefore Mr. Rodd deserves the thanks 

 of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. For this is the only practical 

 way of carrying out the spirit of Sir John Lubbock's Act, on these 

 moors, where people are so scarce, and knowledge travels so slowly, 

 that prehistoric remains may be destroyed and removed, without the 

 discovery of such destruction, until too late to prevent it. This is 

 illustrated by the 



