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instructions in detail as to the manner in which the Pyramid was 

 to be built, but said nothing of the object he had in its erection, 

 except what is contained in the following extracts from his 

 letters, — viz." [here follow the extracts already given from letters 

 dated 29th March, 1737, 19th Aprill, 1737, 16th July, 1737.] 



" The original cost of the Pyramid, including its erection 

 under the superinteudenee of John Eagland, mason, was 

 £455. Is. ll^d,, as appears by the following extract from " Mr. 

 Ab"" Hall's account with Martin Killigrew Esq''^ from Ladyday 

 1738 to Lady Day 1739." " By the gross cost of the Pyramid 

 erected in the Grrove at Arwenack as per an account thereof sent 

 said Mr. Killigrew, and by his Order here charged in one article 

 £455. Is. Hid." 



"The entire height of the Pyramid is 40 feet, and its base 14 

 feet square. It remained in the Grrove from the date of its 

 erection there until 1836, when " (during the Stewardship of Mr. 

 John Pollard) it was removed for the purpose of making room 

 for building the row of houses known as ' Grove Place ;' — at 

 the same time the Grrove of fine Elm Trees which formed 

 avenues radiating in all directions from the Pyramid, except 

 towards the Harbour, was swept away. — The Pyramid was 

 then erected under the superintendence of Mr. Josiah 

 Devonshire, Builder, near the top of the hill towards the Bay, 

 in which position, however, it never showed to advantage. 

 Since its erection on that site the feature of the neighbourhood 

 has entirely altered — the Cornwall Eailway has been con- 

 structed close to its base. Public Docks have been formed 

 only a short distance off, a carriage drive has been made 

 around Pendennis Castle, and buildings have sprung up on every 

 side. In carrying out the latter, the apparent height and 

 importance of the Pyramid were considerably diminished — it 

 became almost entirely hid, and obstructed the view from the 

 windows of the houses in its immediate vicinity, more 

 particularly those belonging to the house built by Capt. 

 Saulez, P.N. (Lansdowne House) on the site of whose back 

 garden it stood until June, 1871, when by order of the Eight 

 Honourable John First Earl of Kimberley, it was removed to 

 Arwenack Green in front of the Old Manor House, where it 



