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FROM HAYLE TO PERRAN 259 There is now a memorial window to his memory in Westminster Abbey. His character seems to have been warm and sanguine, tender-hearted, and easily depressed. He was notably one of those men into whose labours " other men enter " — successful to a point, but lacking in the finishing touches that bring fame and triumph ; with all his courage he wanted persistence. But when we think of Watt and Stephenson in connection with steam transit we must never forget that the Cornishman Trevithick deserves at least an equal share of honour. lUogan is a mining centre, and thickly popu- lated, though when we speak of population in Cornwall we must remember that the inhabitants of the whole Duchy number far less than those of such towns as Birmingham, Liverpool, or Manchester. The church here was rebuilt in 1848, when all the old monuments were carefully replaced. Portreath is the thriving little port of the district, and is also popular with Camborne and Redruth folk as a watering-place. But the presence of active and prosperous mining does not make for beauty ; a mine only becomes picturesque when it has been deserted and taken back into the bosom of Nature. Otherwise, Port- reath has many attractions, and the coast is grand. The port has four docks and a pier of about 260 yards long. Lord de Dunstanville built the first dock here. Copper ore is ex- ported, and there is an import of coal and iron. What with commercialism and pleasure, Portreath (formerly named Basset's Cove) should do well ; but the industries certainly bring some disfigure- ment, and the stream that flows to the sea discolours the ocean waves with its ruddy stain. 15