’Look at Marazion,’ continued Mr. Flamank; ’the Bitter Waters of Zion. The place bears the stamp of its origin in its name. There is Port Isaac, also, no doubt named after the patriarch, and Jacobstow, and, touching memorial, Davidstow, so called after the sweet psalmist by the servants of his son Solomon. There is a hamlet of Herodsfoot, and a village of Issey, that is, Isaiah, and St. Sampson, after the strongest of men. Still more remarkable is the fact of the Israelitish colonists founding a parish which they called Temple, because they were at the time engaged on building that wondrous structure in Jerusalem. Redruth derives its name from the ancestress of David, and we still speak of sending persons to Jericho, which is a farm not far distant from Launceston. A careful study of the Scriptures led me some time ago to this conclusion, that what the profane writers call the Cassiterides are, in the sacred page, called Ophir.’ ’Ophir—"over the sea and far away!" You recall the text, Squire,’ interjected Tramplara. ’Our friend’s familiarity with the Scriptures is late, and not as accurate as might be desired,’ apologised Mr. Flamank, with a look of pity cast at Tramplara. ’Suffice it that, led by a delicate chain of evidence as clear and unmistakable as that of clotted cream, I was led to seek Ophir in these western counties. You will recall that the inspired penman lays down the situation of Ophir with great nicety. It lies between Mesha and Sephar. Now Mesha is undeniably Meshaw in North Devon, and Sephar is Sheepstor in South Devon. Draw a line between Meshaw and Sheepstor, and it passes over Cosdon.’ ’Why, bless my heart,’ exclaimed Mr. Battishill, ’you are not going to find Ophir here!’ ’We have found it,’ said the dissenting minister, gleefully. ’The identification is complete. Do you happen to see my "Western Cornucophir"?’ ’Cornucophir, what is that?’ ’My paper—a monthly originally entitled the Cornucopia, because of the abundance of good things it contained. When this surprising discovery dawned on me, I changed the name to Cornucophir—Cornu, for Cornubia, Cornwall, and Ophir, for the Land of Gold. The combination is happy.’ ’But you are looking for Ophir in Devon, not in Cornwall.’ ’Devon was included in Cornwall till the time of Athelstan, who drove the Britons back over the Tamar, and restricted them to Cornwall. Tamar’—Mr. Flamank paused and rubbed his hands—’there again, the river called after the daughter of David and twin sister of Absalom. Having arrived at this remarkable discovery by an exhaustive process and irrefragable evidence, in which every step is capable of being demonstrated with mathematical certainty to Christian believers, I begged Mr. Trampleasure, who has wide experience in mines——’ ’Polpluggan,’ groaned Mr. Battishill.