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FOWEY 65 another active port at Charlestown, is practically its centre. It is said that, in this district alone, the royalties paid to ground landlords approach the figure of £90,000 per annum, and foreign com- panies are keenly endeavouring to establish a footing. But the presence of the powdery clay is not alluring except to those who profit by its out- put, and we may leave Par and Charlestown to their industrialism. Tywardreath (the " house or town-place on the sands " ) claims mention for the memory of its old Benedictine priory, now van- ished. To pursue the Fowey River inland, past the charming Golant and St. Winnow, is a delightful excursion with a fitting termination in the beauties of Lostwithiel ; but on the present occasion it takes us too far from the coast. The loveliness of this river resembles and equals that of the Fal and of the Dart.