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laden wagon being driven at express speed down round a sharp 

 curve immediately behind the house — for the sound seemed close to 

 the surface — were all suggested as possible explanations, but 

 independent evidence confirmed the real cause. It is noteworthy 

 that the servants downstairs did not observe or hear any rattling of 

 the kitchen crockery. A boy at Camelford, being asked what the 



sound was like, said "why it went gr-r-r-r bang ! " but it must 



be admitted his description is rather too vivid and picturesque for 

 that dry-as-dust accuracy which scientific reports demand." 



Many houses at Callington were perceptibly shaken. In 

 Camelford the vibration of the ground was felt by several persons, 

 and small articles shook and in some cases were thrown down, 

 whilst at Boscastle, it is stated, two distinct shocks occurred. 



No. 2. 

 Rock Markings on the River Gannel. 



Can any one suggest the age of the circular cuttings made in 

 the rocks on the shore of the Gannel, between Newquay and 

 Crantock ; and their probable purpose ? 



The theories so far advanced have been, that they are marks of 

 Phoenician visitors, or else of smugglers, or of prisoners condemned 

 to hard labour, or of agriculturalists needing stone caps for rick 

 rests. It has been thought they might be a sign of a dangerous place. 



Are any like them found elsewhere ? 



W. IAGO. 



No. 3. 

 Arms carved on Bodrugan House. 



The Vicar of ' St. Goran has forwarded sketch of an armorial 

 shield, sculptured over the entrance door of Bodrugan Barton house, 

 visited by the R.I. of C. Excursion, last autumn, and asks: — 

 whose arms are here displayed ? 



Reply : — " The sketch shows " a chevron between three water 

 bougets, impaling three bendlets, over all on a chief quarterly, i and 



