CORNWALL to have concealed himself in this stronghold, which he erected for the purpose and made highly defensive. But in all probability there was a castle or manor-house here before this Millaton's time, for there were Pengersicks in West Cornwall long earlier, and their name would doubtless attach to the same locality. Two towers of the building remain, in the larger of which are panellings with curious paintings, and inscriptions now illegible. Pciijen-ick (3 m. S.W. of Falmouth) is one of the most lovely estates in the duchy, and fra- grant also with memories of the Quaker Foxes. The subtropical vegetation and the landscape gardening are unique in their perfection. For a full description the reader should turn to the Cornif/i Mtigdzhir — a most valuable publication that unhappily soon expired. There are two other seats of the Foxes in the neighbourhood. Rose Hill and Grove Hill, the latter having some good paintings. Peiikivel or St. Micli(ie!s Peukivcl (about 3 m. S.E. of Truro) was formerly a collegiate foundation, founded in the fourteenth century ; and the church retains traces of fbur distinct altars, telling of four resident priests. It was restored in 1862. There is an oratory in the tower, with altar and piscina. Some fine Bos- cawen monuments, notably one of the admiral, " Old Dreadnought," by Rysbrach, remind us that Tregothnan, the seat of the Boscawens (Lord Falmouth), is in the neighbourhood. The admiral is one of the most heroic figures 206
