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Bonython (of Adelaide, South Australia), Cornelius Cardew 

 (Loco, Supt. Madras Eailway, — great grandson of the late Rev. 

 Cornelius Cardew, D.D., whose name is so familiar in Cornwall, 

 founder of the Cardew prize at the Truro Grammar School, &c.,) 

 F. W. MicheU, C.E , E. G. Heard, E. F. Whitley, J. Osborne, 

 Major Parkyn, F.G.S. (Hon. Sec), several ladies, and Mr. 

 Gregg (Curator). 



A char-a-banc conveyed the party to Gunwalloe Cove. 



Gunwalloe Church, amongst the Towans by the sea, is an 

 ancient edifice of considerable interest. Mr. Enys pointed out 

 many of its peculiar features. The church, in A.D. 1291, was 

 mentioned in the taxation. The tower has a pyramidal roof, is 

 low, without pinnacles, and is detached, perhaps for concealment 

 from sea pirates. A writer who was present tells us that "the 

 coves on this part of the coast are conspicuous for their beautiful, 

 firm, yellow sand fringed by jagged rocks at the foundations of 

 bold cliffs facing westward ; a fair swell was on the sea, and 

 the green waves tumbled picturesquely on the shore." The 

 bells are of mediaeval date, and have Latin legends (see Dunkin's 

 "Church Bells of Cornwall.") 



In the churchyard, Mr. Enys said, there is, or was, on a 

 stone, an inscription which rang the changes on the words "We 

 shall die all,''^ .... "Z>^V all we shall. . &c." These words occur in 

 other places also, and we may observe that they were generally 

 placed, as here originally perhaps, in a punning manner, on a 

 sun "(?^ — fl^." The church of Cury is not far off. 



Mullion was next visited. A former Vicar, Rev. E. G. 

 Harvey, who came from St. Mary's, Truro, since deceased, did 

 much to preserve ancient carved bench-ends, &c. 



The Rev. J. H. Scholefield, the present vicar, assisted the 

 members of the expedition in the examination of the old 

 remains and the stained glass, &c. It was stated that one of 

 the figures in a window (St. Joseph) has a restored head which 

 is a portrait of the late Yicar, Mr. Harvey. The East Window 

 of the North Aisle is in memory, of the late Lord Robartes of 

 Lanhydrock, who owned much land in the parish. There are 

 also some quaint inscriptions, &e. in the church. 



