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 CORNWALL Cal stock (5 m. S.W. of Tavistock), on the Cornish side of the Tamar, which is here very beautiful, has a Perp. church, containing monu- ments of the Mount Edgcumbe family, and a fresco of St. George. Caiiibonie claims to be the actual centre of present - day mining in the duchy, Redruth being its only rival. Its population (14,726) is the largest in Cornwall, and shows an in- crease of 26 on the previous census. Students from all parts of the world resort to its Mining School. The Perp. church was originally dedicated to St. Meriadoc of Brittany, who may have brought the affix " de Campbon," or Campihonnis'is, with him. Restored in 1862, enlarged in 1879, a good portion of the four- teenth century building is still retained. Speci- ally interesting is the old pulpit, panelled with symbols of the Passion, but even more noteworthy is the stone altar-slab, inscribed Lc'init (or Len'iut) jus'it liec altare pro anima sua. Tuckingmill, Penponds and Treslothan are parishes created from the mother parish of Camborne. Camel River rises in the high ground near Davidstow, gives its name to Camelford, and passes through Wadebridge to its estuary at Padstow. It is joined by the De Lank and the Alan. About three miles from its source is the town of Camelford, a rather dismal little place at present, but of deeply interesting associations. The name may lead some into supposing 78