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WOLF LIGHTHOUSE for instance) bear his name ; and were it not that Winnows and Winocs are plentiful in Celtic hagiology we might trace him at Lande- wednack and Towednack. As it is, we can only say definitely that they embody the same name. The Perp. church, placed amid de- lightful surroundings, has some good fifteenth century glass, and a modern window designed by the artist, Stacey Marks. On Druid's Hill in this parish, during the Civil War, took place a kind of duel between Roundheads and Cavaliers, loo on each side, the challenge having been given by a Parliamentary officer. The Roundhead party, though little better than boys, proved completely victorious. Withiel (6 m. W. of Bodmin) may either be a corruption of hue!, a mine, gzvel, a field, or uh'ella, lofty ; we have exactly the same word in Lostwithiel. Whitaker speaks of Withol as an Irish saint. The church with its fine Perp. tower is supposed to have been the work of Prior Vyvyan of Bodmin, who is also credited with building the parsonage. At Brynn in this parish was born the great Sir Bevil Grenville. Wolf Lighthouse (8 m. S.W. of Land's End) is placed on a perilous rock of felspar- porphyry, which even at low water stands only 17 ft. above the sea-level. The lighthouse was begun in 1862, but the rock is so constantly swept and lashed by wild seas that during the first year of operations only eighty-three hours of work could be done. It was completed in 265