The lonely ruins of _Chapel Carn Bre_ next attract our notice; they are situated upon the extremity of a high granite ridge, overlooking the surfy recess of _Whitsand Bay_; from their great elevation they are visible from every part of the country, although they scarcely form a skeleton of the original building, and in a short time, probably, not a vestige will remain to mark the consecrated spot. It appears to have been a Chantry, erected for the performance of religious service for the safety of mariners. It is not for the inspection of these ruins that we direct the stranger to ascend the hill, for they are too insignificant to merit attention, but it is for the purpose of his viewing the extensive prospect which its summit commands,--a wild expanse of waters occupying twenty-nine points of the compass!--From this spot also Saint Michael's Mount has a singularly fine effect, appearing as if placed in the centre of a lake at a distance from the ocean. We now proceed to _Sennan Church-town_,[38] which according to barometrical admeasurement is 391 feet above the level of the sea. It is about a mile from the _Land's End_, and is celebrated for containing the Ale-house whimsically called "_The First and Last Inn in England_." On the western side of its sign is inscribed "_The First_," and on the eastern side "_The Last Inn in England_." The last village towards the Land's End is named _Mayon_ or _Mean_. In this place is the large stone spoken of by Dr. Borlase under the name of "_Table mean_," and concerning which there is a vague tradition that three kings once dined together on it, in their journey to the Land's End. On the turf between this village and the Land's End, the Botanist will find _Bartsia Viscosa_, and _Illocebrum Verticillatum_, the latter of which is peculiar to this county. Having arrived at the celebrated Promontory, we descend a rapid slope, which brings us to a bold group of rocks, composing the western extremity of our island. Some years ago a military officer who visited this spot, was rash enough to descend on horseback; the horse soon became unruly, plunged, reared, and, fearful to relate, fell backwards over the precipice, and rolling from rock to rock was dashed to atoms before it reached the sea. The rider was for some time unable to disengage himself, but at length by a desperate effort he threw himself off, and was happily caught by some fragments of rock, at the very brink of the precipice, where he remained suspended in a state of insensibility until assistance could be afforded him! The awful spot is marked by the figure of a horse-shoe, traced on the turf with a deep incision, which is cleared out from time to time, in order to preserve it as a monument of rashness which could be alone equalled by the good fortune with which it was attended.