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THE ANNUAL EXCURSION, 29th July, 1902. 



The Excursion oj)ened up what was to many of the members 

 an almost unknown district. Amongst those present were : — Prof, 

 and Mrs. Clark, Mr. and Miss Maud, Eev. D. Q-. Whitley, Messrs. 

 J. H. Collins, F.G.S., J. D. Enys, F.G.S , Dr. Pearce, F.G.S., 

 Capt. Bryant, Messrs. H. Barrett, T. Clark, W. J. Clyma, E. M. 

 Glencross, H, James, A. Williams; Major Parkyn, F Gr.S. and 

 Pev. W. lago, B A. (the two Honorary Secretaries), Mr. Gr. 

 Penrose (Curator), Mr. Sach and other Press representatives. 

 Much regret was exjDressed at the absence of the President, Sir 

 Robert Harvey. 



The party left Truro at 10 a.m., some members joining en 

 route, the morning giving promise of the beautiful day which was 

 to follow ; they drove by way of Pencalenick and Woodcock 

 Corner (so called, as papers at Heligan tell us, after a leading 

 stage-coach-horse, wliich here met a tragic death), through Tre- 

 sillian and Ladock to Indian Queen's, where the first halt was 

 called, — midway between Truro and Bodmin. At Queen's the 

 " Pit " was inspected, used occasionally for out-door services, 

 tea-treats, &c. It is an amphitheatre with turfed seats and was 

 constructed in modern times from a discarded excavation or shaft 

 of the Fat-work mine. The old sign-board of the inn — (well 

 known for very many years, but now no longer an inn) — was 

 found removed from its position, and lying in what is at present 

 styled " Dean's Refreshment House." The figure of her Indian 

 Majesty, promenading, has been hidden by modern painted 

 lettering, but part of this has been scraped away so that a portion 

 of the foreign queen's countenance and a palm-tree top can be 

 dimly discerned. The old sign, damaged as it is, is highly 

 prized by its owner. 



Across the Goss Moors, formerly mu.ch frequented by tin- 

 streamers and where now the waters are extensively used in the 

 working of the china-clay of the district, Castle-an-dinas was 

 reached. When all had alighted, the hilly slopes of the ancient 

 fortress were ascended, and as the two great concentric circles of 



