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THE MAYOR OF BODMIN 586

JOHN NICHOLS TOM, ALIAS SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY, K.M. 593

THE BOHELLAND TRAGEDY 614

MARY KELYNACK 620

CAPTAIN WILLIAM ROGERS 623

JOHN BURTON OF FALMOUTH 627

THE FATE OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL 637

FRANCIS TREGIAN 652

ANN GLANVILLE 663

JONATHAN SIMPSON, HIGHWAYMAN 670

DAVIES GILBERT 675

JAMES HOSKIN, FARMER 682

JOHN HARRIS, THE MINER POET 692

EDWARD CHAPMAN 701

JOHN COKE OF TRERICE 704

THOMAS PELLOW OF PENRYN 707

THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBARTES FAMILY 718

THEODORE PALEOLOGUS 727

ILLUSTRATIONS

THOMAS PITT, LORD CAMELFORD Frontispiece

TO FACE PAGE

WILLIAM PENGELLY 2

From a painting by A. S. Cope, reproduced by permission of Mrs. H. Forbes Julian

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR CHARLES WILLS 12

From an engraving by Simon, after a picture by M. Dahl

A VIEW OF THE CELEBRATED LOGAN ROCK, NEAR LAND'S END IN CORNWALL 18

Taken after the Rock was displaced on the 8th of April, 1824. From a lithograph by Vibert, after a drawing by Tonkin

A VIEW OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF CASTLE TRERYN, SHOWING THE MACHINERY ERECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPLACING THE LOGAN ROCK 22

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