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CORNWALL land, whose noble cliff scenery and caves are greatly appreciated by visitors. The island, also known as Trevalgue Head, may be reached by a little bridge at any state of the tide, but in visiting the caves great care should be ex- ercised. On such a headland we naturally expect to find a cliff-castle, and are not dis- appointed. Constantine (5 m. E. of Helston) is appar- ently a dedication to the Constantine whom Gildas so roundly abuses, but who was con- verted by St. Petrock in later life, and who left his Cornish kingdom for a monastery in Ireland. But there are other Constantines or Cystennyns in early Cornish records, and discrimination is necessary. There is a similar dedication at St. Merryn (which see). In the Constantine parish is Gweek, at the head of the Hclford River, the scene of Hereward's Cornish adven- tures, as related by Charles Kingsley. In the church was discovered, in i860, the finest -Cornish specimen of monumental brass. A late vicar of Constantine was killed by falling off the roof of the church, while overseeing its restoration. Cotehele (about 5 m. E. of Callington) is the beautiful seat of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, dating from Henry VII. A quadrangular build- ing of granite, it is nobly situated on the banks of the Tamar. The house is preserved as nearly as possible in its ancient condition — tapestry, antique furniture, weapons, hunting trophies, needlework. Royal memories cling about the