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year 1761 (29th July) the right ears of cattle were slit right 

 down the ear, and a nick on each side of the ear was made. 



The supposed site of the old chapel of St. Brioc (Tor- 

 teval parish) was visited. There is nothing to indicate 

 decidedly the situation of the building ; but tradition, handed 

 down from generation to generation, says that the chapel 

 once stood here, so we must rest satisfied to take this rumour 

 as fact. The only chapel which has stood the wear and tear 

 of some hundred of years is St. Appoline. The removal of all 

 the ivy from the roof and walls will be the means of still further 

 increasing its chance of life. Inside, the ceiling and walls, 

 which are plastered, are very damp ; the frescoes which 

 adorn the walls being almost obliterated. It is just possible to 

 count eight heads, all the rest of the figures are quite gone. 

 There should be a thorough circulation of air to remove all 

 chance of damp and keep the plaster dry. At the back of 

 the house, opposite to the chapel on the other side, is an out- 

 house which is supposed to have been a convent ; the arched 

 fire-place and arched window are quite in keeping with the 

 entrance doorway of the chapel. 



Mr. Collenette kindly assisted me in taking levels from 

 Yazon right away to the Grand Moulin Road, to the King's 

 Mills, then half-way up the Talbot Valley to a field from 

 which " gorban " has been dug 12 feet below the surface of 

 the ground. I make the height of this " gorban " above mean 

 sea level to be 98*23 feet. I have heard since that " gorban " 

 mixed with shingle has been dug close to the old pond at St. 

 Andrew's, the height of which cannot be less than 140 feet 

 above mean sea level. 



During one of the late gales the spring tide rose a foot 

 higher than any record I have seen. The sea then,^had it not 

 been for the sea walls, would have flooded the low lands at 

 Perelle 1 foot 6 inches to 2 feet higher than my previous 

 levels, and made a lake at the Grande Mare, 9 feet deep in the 

 deepest part. People driving along the coast road, probably 

 never seem to realize the great difference of levels existing 

 when the tide is very high. It is only when levels are taken 

 that these facts become very prominent. 



J. James Carey, Sec. Arch. Sect. 



