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FROM FALMOUTH TO THE LIZARD 111 him, at the moment of commitm.ent, ever trembled more ; and Whitaker imperiously charging him with infidelity, the old gentleman made a con- fession of his faith, to an extent which surprised me." He seems to have been " at best an Arian " ; yet "he was on the whole a respectable man." Theology apart, one cannot help sympathising with the culprit, and rejoicing in his respectability. But times have greatly changed ; men can now confess something more than Arianism without trembling with fear. Dennis, or Dinas Head, running to the sea beyond St. Anthony, has some ancient entrench- ments which were put to practical use during the Civil War, being occupied by Richard Vyvyan of Trelo warren in the Royalist cause ; they were surrendered to the conquering Fairfax. The church of St. Anthony is said to have been erected as a thank-offering, after escape from shipwreck, by Norman settlers soon after the Conquest. Beyond Gillan stretches Nare Point, a bold bluff of rock, and a mile lower is the little fishing- village of Porthallow, which is attracting some of the visitors who are now coming increasingly to the Lizard district. At Porthoustock (locally often called Proustock), a little more than a mile beyond, we have come into the immediate presence of a great wreck region, for Manacle Point lies close below, and the Manacles themselves foam yonder with perpetual menace, their bell-buoy sounding a dismal but quite insufficient warning. Ever since men began to navigate British waters, these half-covered rocks and the whole of this Lizard coast must have been a deadly peril. The number of their victims cannot be reckoned ; for, as Sir John Killigrew wrote three