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 CORNWALL been maidens who danced on the Sabbath, and thus met this fate. St. Day {z m. E. of Redruth) is now in- cluded in the parish of Gwennap. It is stated that St. Day Church fell into ruin and the people preferred to contribute towards the enlargement of Gwennap than rebuild their own. A new church was, however, built fifty years since. Dr. Bannister, the Cornish scholar, was vicar here. The spot affords an extensive view of this busy mining district. Delabole (close to Delabole Station, near Camelford) is supposed to yield the best slate in England. In Domesday it appears as Deliau, which some have associated with the name of St. Teilo; the " bol " means pit or mine. It must be confessed that the name presents some difficulty. Carew mentions the quarry as large and active in his day (1600). Devoran, on the N. bank of the Restronguet Creek, near Falmouth, is a small modern town, dependent on the mining industry, for which it provides a port. The church was designed by Pearson. Dingerein, the dinas or dun of Geraint, is an earthwork with subterranean passage, in the parish of Gerrans, N. of Falmouth Bay. There were several Geraints in early Cornish history, causing some confusion ; one of them was ap- parently Arthurian, and another as late as the eighth century. Legend says that St. Teilo, the famous South Welsh saint, visited King Gerennius at Dingerein ; and Gerennius or 94