He was, like all the leading archæologists of his time, a resolute believer in the Druidical origin of the prehistoric remains of the county, a theory which he advocated with consummate skill and particularity. Since his death the theory has been found to be untenable without any serious injury, however, being done to his high reputation. The brilliant essay of his great-great-grandson, the late Mr. William Copeland Borlase, on the _Age of the Saints_, first printed in 1878, has been one of the very few original works accomplished in the county having for its object the exposition of Celtic Christianity. In this work its writer attempted too much. Subsequent research has shown that many of his identifications of the Cornish saints are untrustworthy, and that his arbitrary delineation of the spheres of influence of the respective groups of Irish, Welsh and Breton saints is often fanciful and misleading. Given leisure and the spirit of enquiry, the two subjects which ought to appeal most strongly to a Cornishman are the ancient religion and the ancient language of the county to which he belongs. Both subjects are now well within his reach owing to the immense amount of material which has, within recent years, been made available by the publication of ancient records. The _Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents_ of Haddan and Stubbs, the _Episcopal Registers_, edited by Hingeston-Randolph, the _Parish Registers_, edited by Phillimore and others, the publications of the Record Commissioners and of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, the _Revue Celtique_, the _Ancient Cornish Drama_, edited by Mr. Edwin Norris, the critical works of Mr. Whitley Stokes, of Professor Loth and Dom Gougaud, the _Cornish Grammar_ of Mr. Jenner; these are a few of the many sources whence valuable information may be derived for the comparative study of these subjects. In this connection it may be observed that little satisfaction will be gained from facts and statements which are obtained at second hand. Facts must be sought out in the original documents and examined in their original settings. The context is often more illuminating than the fact which it enshrines. Not documents only; the towns, villages, hamlets and homesteads, with their ancient names, address silent appeals to the hearts and understandings of those who live among them.