“We have in the provincial dialect a singular mixture of old Cornish and old English words, which gives so strong an individuality to the Cornish speech. As, in speaking English, a Frenchman or a German uses more or less of the accent peculiar to each, so it is very probable that the accent with which the Cornish speak is one transferred from their ancient Cornish language. The _sing-song_, as strangers call it, in the Cornish speech is not so evident to Cornishmen when they listen to their own dialect.”[28] [Illustration: CHUN QUOIT] Sancreed screen, which must have been almost as fine as that of Burian, has disappeared all but a magnificent fragment. The church is dedicated to S. Credan, disciple of S. Petrock, an Irishman, who returned to the Emerald Isle. He was the son of S. Illogan, and he had two aunts in Cornwall--one at Camborne and the other at Stythians. S. Just Church is late; it has rather handsomely carved capitals of the piers, with angels bearing shields, on which are figured the arms of the principal families connected with the parish. S. Just, as I have said, was deacon to S. Patrick, and was the tutor to S. Piran. In Gwythian parish may be seen the early eighth-century chapel of the saint, which was for long buried under the sands, but was revealed by a drift in 1808. At Porth Curnew, near S. Levan’s, are the ruins of another of these early oratories. Madron was founded by S. Medran, brother of Odran; they went as boys under fourteen to S. Piran, to consult him about making a pilgrimage. But Medran wished to stay with the old abbot, whereas Odran was for travelling. Odran said to S. Piran, “Do not part my brother from me. We agreed to stick together.” “The Lord judge between you both,” said the abbot. “Let Medran hold this lantern and blow on the smouldering wick. If it flames, then he stays. If not, he goes.” Medran succeeded in producing a flame, and thenceforth he became an attached follower of S. Piran. Odran went his way. It is chiefly for prehistoric antiquities that the Land’s End district is remarkable. It possesses cliff-castles, and also some fine examples of the stone cashel. Such is Chûn; also beehive huts, as at Bosprennis, and a curious cluster of habitations at Chysauster already referred to. There are cromlechs, sacred circles, and menhîrs. These are so numerous and so interesting, that a visitor should take Mr. Lach-Szyrma’s guide and examine them in detail. NOTE.--Books to be consulted:-- BLIGHT (J. T.), _A Week at the Land’s End_. 1861. _List of Antiquities in Kirrier and Penwith._ Truro, 1862. _Churches of West Cornwall._ Oxford: Parker, 1885 (second edition). LACH-SZYRMA (W. S.), _Two Hundred and Twenty-two Antiquities in and about Penzance_. Plymouth: Luke. _n.d._ MATTHEWS (J. H.), _A History of the Parishes of St. Ives, Lelant, etc._ London: Stock, 1892. [Illustration: THE PULPIT ROCK, SCILLY] CHAPTER XX.