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names of those called after the place of their habitation, thus 

 Tregarrick and de la Roche, &c., had occurred in such connection. 

 Lysons had stated that E,oche church existed long before St. 

 Roche lived, (^ whose date was about 1327), and that it was dedi- 

 cated to a saint named Gomonda ; others have given the saint's 

 name as Gunnett, Comand, or Conan ; and according to Lysons 

 the chapel on the Rock was St. Michael's. Another chapel stood 

 at Holywell near Tremoderet. The legend of St. Roche of Mont- 

 pelier connects him with suffering from the plague and being fed 

 with bread by a dog, and a wall-painting in a church at Laun- 

 ceston represents this episode. From that legend probably 

 another very like it was derived, by confusion of names ; for 

 Hals mixes it up with the dedication here as connected with the 

 other saint mentioned, and with a hermit "who dwelt on the 

 Rock. Hals wrote thus : — " The last tradition of the Hermitage 

 " chapel is, that a person with a grievous leprosy was placed, or 

 "fixed himself, therein, where he lived till his death to avoid 

 " infecting others. He Avas daily attended [with food, &c.] by 

 "his daughter Gunett or Gundred :" and her well in Roche 

 parish " is," he sa^^s, "to this day shown." 



Tonkin has alluded to St. Roche and the plague ; and Mr. 

 Baring-Gould has briefly referred to the dedications here, as may 

 be seen in his list. 



Before quitting the group of Roche Rocks, a resident of the 

 place kindly presented the members of the party with photo- 

 graphs of the Hermitage and Chapel, &c., and acted as guide to 

 the very small hole which, altho' only a few inches in diameter 

 and depth, has long excited much notice. It is in a low rock, and 

 not much above the ground. Carew has alluded to it as a Cornish 

 wonder, as it had been stated that water in it " did tide- wise ebbe 

 and flow !" He asked " Have we fooles with lyers met ? — fame 

 saies it, be it so." 



The return journey was by the Goss Moors, where quantities 

 of tin, and some smelted blocks, and tinners' ancient oak shovels 

 have been discovered. 



St. Denis, standing on a lofty isolated hill, was next reached ; 

 dry- walling and enclosed pathways are characteristic of the stony 

 region, and the church is situate within an ancient fortification or 



