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ST. DAY— DOZMARE POOL Gerontius is, of course, Geraint. Dingerein is also identified with Dinurrin, perhaps not with absolute certainty, and has been in- cautiously named in connection with the first Cornish bishopric. This is quite wrong ; in the Cornwall of that day there was no bishop, but many bishops. These were monastic, and attached to the chief religious foundations; not territorial, as in the Latin Church. That there was a bishop at Dinurrin named Kenstec seems certain; to say that he was the Bishop of Corn- wall is absurd. Dodman, sometimes corrupted to Deadman, means " stone point"; it is a grand headland E. of Veryan Bay, rising about 370 ft. above the sea. The rock falls sheer into the water, so that large vessels may pass close to shore. St. Dominic (4 m. E. of Callington) is famous for its " mazzards," a species of small cherry. The church, restored about 30 years since, dates from 1259. Dozinare Pool, situated amid the desolate Bodmin Moors, at a height of 890 ft. above sea-level, is the largest lake in Cornwall (Loe Pool can hardly be called a lake). It is about a mile in circumference, but in tradition and superstitious fable it looms far larger. Many strange things have been told of it — that it is fathomless, that no living thing can abide in it, that there is a powerful whirlpool at its centre. Dozmare is really very shallow, being now partially drained, and it contains good fish. Many have tried to identify it with the lake 95