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appeared by the depth of such darkened earth, the absence of any 

 tar, and the homogeneity of the soil, that the ashes of the primal 

 interment had been laid against, but not under the N.W. side of the 

 granite block. There was no paving, fragment of potteiy, or any- 

 thing whatever of interest, just here — and the earth was turned over 

 down to the "country 5" apparently there had never been any kist- 

 vean under the cairn ; but it is possible there may have been 

 another interment without kist-vean elsewhere below the ground 

 level, in other parts of the cairn, where the ground has not yet been 

 excavated. 



A. H. MALAN. 



No. 5. 

 Cornish Wine- Merchants and Tobacconists, 1^33 to 1635. 

 The following list is extracted from the " 48th Report of the 

 Deputy Keeper of the Public Records." 



Licenses to Sell Wine. 



For sale in Date. 



1633. 

 Tobias and Margaret Langdon .. Crasthole Dec. 11th. 



Wm. Diana and Katherine Marke Padstow „ 



Mary King St. Columb Major „ 



John White Do. „ 



1634. 

 Katherine John and Richard Kestell Fowey May 17th, 



Licenses to Sell Tobacco. 



1634. 



Richard Rowe Milbrook Maker. March 1st. 



Thos. Blake St. Columb Major „ 21st. 



James Hill Foy (Fowey) „ 



Matthew Sharrack Liskeard „ 



John Collins Tregony „ 



Richard Collins Tregony „ 



No. 6. 

 Old Bell Customs in Cornwall. 

 In the early part of the present century a quaint mode at 

 calling the congregation to church, to service, was observed of 

 Tregony. 



