Bolitho had been curious about the choice of Perran, a very old Cornish name.

'Oh,' he said, 'a Cornish name-thegreat iron-works.

It seems strange, though, doesn't it, that the man who saved you from death should be called Nancarrow; it is a Cornish name too.

These rocks are probably the last genuine bit of old Lyonesse, for their Cornish name is Lethowsow, which was what the old Cornish called Lyonesse.