Darbyshire but it seemed more sollid and hard, it shines and Lookes Like mother of pearle. They alsoe digg out stones as Cleer as Christal w^{ch} is Called Cornish Diamonds. I saw one as bigg as my two ffists, very Cleer and Like some pieces of Chrystal my father brought from y^e Alps In Italy w^{ch} I have by me. I got one of those pieces of their Cornish Diamonds as Long as halfe my finger w^{ch} had three or four flatt sides w^{th} Edges, the top was sharpe and so hard as it would Cut a Letter on glass. Thence I went to —— 6 miles good way, and passed by 100 mines some on which they were at work, others that were lost by y^e waters overwhelming them. I crossed y^e water on a Long stone bridge and so through dirty stony Lanes 3 mile and then I Came into a broad Coach Rode which I have not seen since I Left Exeter, so I went 3 mile more to M^r Boscawens—Trygothy—a Relation of mine. His house stands on a high hill in the middle of a parke with severall Rows of trees with woods beyond it. Y^e house is built all of white stone like the Rough Coarse Marble and Cover’d w^{th} slate. They use much Lime in their Cement w^{ch} makes both walls and Cover Look very white. There is a Court walled round w^{th} open Iron gates and barrs. The Entrance is up a few stone steps into a Large high hall and so to a passage that Leads foreright up a good stair Case. On y^e Right side is a Large Common parlour for Constant Eating in, from whence goes a Little roome for smoaking y^t has a back way into the kitchin, and on the Left hand is a Great parlour and drawing roome—wanscoated all very well but plaine. Y^e Great Parlour is Cedar, out of y^t is the Drawing-roome which is hung with pictures of the family, that goes into y^e garden w^{ch} has Gravell walks round and across, but y^e squares are full of goosebery and shrub-trees and Looks more Like a Kitchen garden as Lady Mary Boscawen told me, out of w^{ch} is another Garden and orchard which is something Like a Grove, Green walks w^{th} rows of fruit trees. Its Capable of being a fine place w^{th} some Charge, the roomes above are new modell’d, 3 roomes wanscoated and hung as y^e new way is, and y^e beds made up well, one red damaske, another Green, another wrought some of y^e Ladyes own work and well made up, w^{ch} is her own Roome w^{th} a dressing roome by it. There is a dressing roome and a roome for a servant just by y^e best Chamber. There are two other good roomes unalter’d w^{th} old hangings to y^e bottom on wrought work of y^e first Ladyes. Lady Margets work, y^t was my Cos’n German, within that roome was a servants roome and back staires, there was just such another apartment on y^e other side.