The etymology of this town, like that of Leskeard, has suffered from modern caprice, the Les having been here changed into Los; as Dover, from some strange fancy, is rapidly passing into Dovor. No separate measurement has been taken of this parish, not even co-extensive with the modern town; the site is included in the parishes adjacent. Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._ returned to Parliament in 1815 1498 0 0 Poor Rate in 1831 398 3 0 Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831, { 743 | 825 | 933 | 1548 giving an increase of 108 per cent. in 30 years. Present Vicar, the Rev. John Bower, presented in 1816 by Lord Mount Edgcumbe. THE GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE. Dr. Boase says of the geology of this little parish, that it is composed of the same schistose rocks as the eastern part of the parish of Lanlivery. ST. LEVAN. HALS. The manuscript relating to this parish is lost. TONKIN. St. Levan is situated in the hundred of Penwith, and is bounded to the west by the ocean, to the north by Sennon, to the east by St. Burian, to the south by the mouth of the Channel. This parish taketh its name from the saint to whom the church is dedicated, St. Levine. It is a daughter church of St. Burian, forming part of the deanery of St. Burian. THE EDITOR. St. Levan exceeds perhaps every other parish in the whole county for bold and romantic scenery. First it possesses Trereen Dinas. This magnificent promontory has towards the land one of those ancient entrenchments which so much distinguish the western coast, from whence the word dinas. There the point runs out into the sea, rising into a succession of natural granite towers in spires, and aiguilles, and the first presenting a perpendicular front, is crowned with the far-famed Loging Rock. Without calling in question the religious uses made of this stone in rude and barbarous times, it may be declared as a certainty to be entirely natural. Among the thousands of rocks lying scattered in all directions, some possessing a convex surface have accidentally rested on the flat surface of another. Many such rocks are known, but this one transcends in size, and occupies a most commanding station. The rock has been measured with the greatest care, and it is believed to weigh about ninety tons, yet any one, by applying his shoulder to the edge, and favouring the vibrations, can easily cause the stone to log through a very sensible angle.