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BASIL, OR TREBASIL— BLEU BRIDGE combining grand and fantastic rocks with a sea constantly varying in its blues, greens and purples. In time of storm the spot is one of awful solemnity. Those who stand above these cliffs must acknowledge that even Cornwall has not a finer spectacle to offer, though the coast at Boscastle may be wilder and more barren. The finest of the caves is the Great Cavern; but the state of the tide is a most important consideration. Belonda or Belovely Beacon (i m. N.W. of Victoria Station) is a granite tor of 765 feet in height. St. Bejinet's Monastery (3|- m. S.W. of Bodmin) is the remains of a Benedictine founda- tion; hence the name. It has been badly used in modern times, but is still interesting. Bessic^s Cove is a tiny caverned bay near Cuddan Point. Black Head is a bare promontory of ser- pentine on the coast, about 6 miles E. of the Lizard. Blackadon Rings (i m. S.E. of Menheniot Station) is an ancient circular entrenchment. St. Blazey, whose church is dedicated to the martyred Bishop Blaise, shares the beauty of Cornwall's most wooded district, in some part marred by the industry of mining. The church claims no notice. There is a railway station here, on the line from Par to Newquay. Bleu Bridge, on the road between Penzance andTrevailer, is noted for a granite block, once used as a stepping-stone, on which is the in- 61