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LONGSHIPS— LOSTWITHIEL building and place of common amusement. A fine savour of antiquity still clings about both the Looes, which are now generally spoken of as one ; rumours of ancient sea - fights, piracies, smuggling, arc in the air. The narrow lanes and alleys, huddled about the waterside, are a delight to painters and to all who love the picturesque. Quaint doings may still be wit- nessed here on fair-days ; " if you want to see funny things," says Mr. Baring-Gould, "you should go to Looe ". And you must go quickly, for the advent of promenades and hotels, though it may not remove the curious old-world houses of the antique quarter, will bring a new spirit into them, and destroy the lingering charm of unconventionality. Looe is to be developed in the most approved fashion, so far as its somewhat uncompromising site will allow. Looe River rises near St. Cleer, passes through Moorswater and St. Keyne to Sand- place, where it ma}' be navigated by small boats, and flows out to the sea between the two Looes. To the W. of its estuary lies Looe Island, commonly called St. George's, because it contained an oratory dedicated to that saint. It was once noted as a haunt of choughs and smugglers. LOSTWITHIEL.— The most absurd deri- vations have been given to this name. It has been interpreted as " lost-within-a-hill," and as " lost-with-all " ; and of course a story of a lost or swallowed town has been concocted 167