ruins. However, I had the satisfaction of seeing one of the Cornwall beehive huts at Bosporthennis, now the only remaining specimen of a large British settlement, once situated on the side of Carn Galva. The beehive house consists of two chambers, one circular and the other rectangular. The former is 13 feet in diameter, and has no less than three small doors. The roof has unfortunately collapsed, but enough of the wall remains to show the converging system on which the dome was constructed. The latter is connected with the former by a low square door, and measures 9 feet long by 4 feet broad; but it is regarded as a later appendage to the beehive chamber.
The ancient British village of Chysauster, situated in the vicinity of the hill-fortress of Castle-an-dinas, has been partly cleared out, and in the course of these operations evidence of tin-smelting and fragments of Romano-British pottery were discovered.
Another interesting excursion towards Land's End allows the pedestrian to visit the celebrated Logan Rock, some menhirs and castles, and three or four stone circles, including Boscawen-ûn. But without dwelling on these ancient remains, we must pass on to notice the characteristics of the subterranean dwellings in this neighbourhood. A good specimen of them is the "Fogou" at Boleit, on the lower Buryan road, near the ruins of the ancient Manor-house of Trewoof. It consists of a subterranean gallery, 40 feet
