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 CORNWALL 1869 at an expense of ^^62,726. The height is 116 ft., and the diameter at the base is 41 ft. 8 ins. Communication with the mainland, otherwise than by signal, is frequently quite impossible, and the keepers are often retained captive by stress of weather. Worthy vale. (See Camelford.) Zennor (about 4^ m. W. of St. Ives) is a dedication to St. Sinara or Senar, a virgin saint of whom nothing definite seems known. Little can be told of the parish's early history, except that in 1270 Bishop Bronescombe conferred the living on his college of Glassiney, and the poor Vicars of Zennor got little enough in con- sequence. The church, restored about ten years since, has a three-stage Perp. tower ; but the oldest part is the S.E. side of the chancel, which is Norm. The Dec. font has been relieved of the disfiguring whitewash of a past generation ; and the " rickety old kitchen table " has been removed from the altar-rails to make room for a more worthy substitute. A legend of a mermaid has left traces in Zennor church. The parish has long boasted of its excellent singers, and a former squire's son, who sang here in the choir, is said to have had so beautiful a voice that his singing drew a mer- maid from the deep to hear him. She came to the church Sunday after Sunday, dressed as a lady of fashion ; it is not stated what she did with her tail. At last she prevailed on the youth to go with her, and they were never seen again. Her figure may be seen on the 266