In taking leave of the metalliferous district of Saint Just we have to observe, that it has been considered by Mr. Carne, and not without probability, as having constituted the principal portion of what was formerly known under the name of the _Cassiterides_, and that if it would redound to the honour, or contribute to the prosperity of Saint Just, it might be said, "that her Tin was probably a constituent part of the Shield and Helmet of Achilles,--of the Tabernacle of the Israelites,--of the Purple of Tyre,--and of the Temple of Solomon." From Saint Just's _Church-town_, the road conducts us over a wild part of the peninsula, although highly salubrious, and invigorating from the fine sea breezes which blow from every side; after a ride over such bleak and barren hills, the eye experiences a singular repose on our approach to the cultivated shores of the Mount's Bay. [Illustration: _Saint Just._] FOOTNOTES: [48] Baptistries were continued out of the church until the sixth century. [49] The learned Bishop Hall in his work entitled "_The Mystery of Godliness_," bears ample testimony to the medicinal efficacy of this water in restoring motion and activity to cripples. [50] _Cromlech_ in the Cornish language signified a crooked stone. [51] This ancient monument is faithfully depicted in the frontispiece of the present work; but we are in candour bound to acknowledge that, in the introduction of Saint Michael's Mount, the artist has availed himself of the "_quidlibet audendi_" so universally conceded to Painters and Poets; in reality, an intervening eminence obstructs the view of the Mount from this spot, and he has therefore, upon the present occasion, just taken the liberty to remove this barrier to our vision. If the Geological tourist condemn this harmless deviation from truth, we shall recriminate by reminding him that even Geologists have sometimes appropriated to themselves an indulgence which Horace extended only to the votaries of the Muses, and have not hesitated to overlook the existence of a mountain where it stood in the way of a favourite theory. [52] Before the beginning of the seventh century we are informed by Strutt that it was held unlawful to bury the dead in the cities, and that there were no church-yards. _Anglo-Saxon Æra, vol. 1. p. 69._ [53] There are several monumental inscriptions of the same kind to be seen in Cornwall, but none so ancient as _Men Skryfa_. In Barlowena bottom, for instance, as you pass from the church of Gulval to that of Madron, there is one which is now converted into a foot-bridge across a brook; if the antiquary examine the letters upon this stone, which he cannot conveniently do without getting under it, he will discover the corruptions alluded to in the text, viz. the _I_ in _Filius_ linked to the _L_.