270 Mr. RAW Iti NERARIES. 
Pilchard to a Board, and faftening it 
fo, that the Bird may fee it, who 
comes down with fo great Swiftnefs 
for his Prey, that he breaks his Neck 
againft the Board. 
Saturday yune the 28 th, We tra- 
velled on to Truro, 16 Miles. By 
the Way we paffed St. Colwnb ( 1 ), 
( 1 ) Mr. Ray^ in the Year 1667, took another 
Tour 'to the Land's-End^ and from thence went 
to St. Columb. “ By the Way (faith he) at a 
Place called Baldieu^ we faw a Tin-mine. 
The Load or Vein, for the mofi: Part, runs ' 
Eaft and Weft, and deepens North. The 
Load is not a Vein, but a Floor or Bed, The 
Load, 'both above and beneath, is covered 
with a Cruft or ftony Subftance, which hath 
‘‘ no ‘Tin in it, which they call Country.^ the 
upper moft they call the North Country^ the 
“ nethermoft South Country, In the Mine 
“ fometimes they find Spar, which is nothing 
“ but a Fluor \ fome white and hexangular in 
“ Diamonds. St. Columbia one of the beft Par- 
“ fonages in Cornwall^ the yearly Value between 
“ 300 and 400 Pounds.” 
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