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 CORNWALL met this fate ; and " Daniel Gumb's Rocks," preserving the memory of a remarkable man, have gone entirely. Gumb, a stone-cutter, made himself a home among these rocks, living here with wife and children, and devoting his spare hours to a study of Euclid and astronomy. He died in 1776. An account of his life will be found among the writings of the Rev. R. S. Hawker. CJiyaiulour, the eastern suburb of Penzance; the name means " the house by the water ". Cliysanstei- or Chysoyster (about 5 m. N. of Penzance) is a cluster of beehive-huts in very tolerable preservation. They are evidently the remains of an ancient British village, covering some ten acres of the lower slopes of the hill that is crowned by Castle-an-Dinas. The shape of these varies from oval to circular, and there are inner cells opening from the main outer chamber. They differ considerably from the hut at Bosphrennis. Around may be traced ramparts and walls, and near is a subterranean passage or fogou. The huts are constructed of earth, roughly faced with uncemented stones. Were it not that almost identical dwellings are still found habitable even in the British Isles, a great antiquity might be assigned to these; as it is, we have no competent authority to name their date. Further exploration of the surroundings might throw light on the subject. St. Cleer (3 m. N. of Liskeard Station) is named after St. Clether, of the Brychan tribe of saints. The holy well, which was doubtless his 84