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But whoever S. Griilval was, it is quite possible, I believe, 

 that some very ancient walling has been built into this church.. 

 Mr. Loftus Broch, the learned Secretary of the British Ai"ch?eo- 

 logical Association, on examining the north transept, said the 

 walling might be of any age, and that possibly the original 

 oratory of S. Q-ulval was built into this present Church. 



In the taxation of Pope Nicholas, this is called " Ecclesia 

 de Lanesly." And about 1395, Bishop Stafford's register calls 

 it the Parish Church of Gudvele, alias Wolvele." There is a 

 S. Welvele, at Laneast. 



I shall not describe in detail this beautiful and ancient 

 edifice. I leave that to those more competent in this speciality 

 of ecclesiastical architecture. I would, however, draw the 

 attention of the antiquaries to it, and to the interesting stone 

 recently found in the chancel wall. 



The churchyard of Grulval being situated in one of the 

 warmest parishes in Grreat Britain, has by the present vicar been 

 adorned with many exotic plants, such as can only flourish else- 

 where in conservatories. The vicarage gardens of Gulval (which 

 we had not time to see) are extremely interesting from the stand- 

 points of the horticulturist and climatologist, as one of the finest 

 sub-tropical gardens in Great Britain. 



Castle-an-Dinas, which we next visited, is an interesting- 

 British castle, famed among tourists and archaeologists. 



In Towednack we had an interesting Cornish church differ- 

 ent from the others in its vicinity, in its possession of a chancel 

 and a dwarfed tower. The legend about this tower is a folk- 

 tale, the variants of which apppear in many parts of Europe, i e., 

 that the tower was intended to be lofty, but as the masons reared 

 it by day, Satan knocked its top off by night — a sort of storm- 

 myth connected with very old traditions. 



Proceeding from Towednack we soon came in sight of the 

 sea to the north, and then approached the interesting scene of 

 the Eagle's Nest, I would recommend to our naturalist 

 members the ingenious utilization of a very rugged piece of 

 rock scenery (characteristically Cornish) into a most picturesque 

 garden with natural rockeries of huge size. I regard the Eagle's 

 Nest as one of the most striking scenes of the kind I have ever 



