Pendennis Castle chiefly occupied our attention.  It is of considerable size.  At one part is a round tower--the most ancient portion of the building--erected in the time of Henry the Eighth.  The works extend seaward, so that they guard the entrance to the harbour.  We wandered from bastion to bastion, gazing over the ocean two hundred feet below us.  The paved platforms, the heavy guns, and the magazines for ammunition showed that the fortress was prepared for an enemy.  Should one appear, may its garrison hold out as bravely as did that under the command of old John Arundel, a partisan of the Stuarts, when besieged by the Parliamentary army, until the defenders and their brave captain were starved into submission.