Scilly joined with Cornwall.
MR. Camden mentions a Tradition of a Tract of Land called Lioneſs, once ſtretching itſelf farther out as a Promontory to the Weſt. That about the Middle Way between Land's End and Scilly there are Rocks, called, in Corniſh, Lethas, by the Engliſh, Seven-Stones. That the Corniſh call that Place, within the Stones, Tregua, i. e. a Dwelling where it has been reported that Windows, &c. have been taken up by Hooks (for this is the beſt Place for fiſhing.) And that from the Land's End to Scilly the Water is nearly of an equal Depth, of about 40 or 60 Fathom.
Mr. Carew is of Opinion, that Scilly was once Part of the Land of Cornwall; and by other Authorities, found in a very old MS. (ſhewing it not improbable) this Iſle of Albion, being once Part of the Continent of France, was ſeparated in the ſame Manner: Of which alſo ſee the Extract of Phil. Tranſact. No. 352. p. 589. Britain formerly a Pen-
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