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nently characteristic of him; he gave his unremitted 

 attention to the consideration of some means which 

 should counteract the waste of human life, and prevent 

 or at all events remedy many of those melancholy acci- 

 dents which he had seen with painful anxiety leave the 

 house of the poor man in desolation, his children un- 

 protected orphans, and the partner of his affections and 

 soother of his sorrows a mourning widow. Having 

 sufficiently digested his plan to make it practicable for 

 being put into execution he developed his design to his 

 friends and townsmen, he invited the attention of the 

 persons of distinction, medical men and the public au- 

 thorities of the town and neighbourhood to the serious 

 consideration of a matter of so much importance, the 

 appeal was not made in vain; a public meeting was 

 held in Plymouth on the subject and the " Plym and 

 Tamar Humane Society " established. 



The object of this Society is to preserve life, to bestow 

 rewards on all who promptly ri&k their own lives to 

 rescue those of their fellow creatures ; to provide assist- 

 ance, as far as possible, in all cases of apparent death 

 in the town and neighbourhood, on the Plym and 

 Tamar and extending as far as Cawsand ; to restore the 

 apparently drowned or dead, and to distinguish by re- 

 wards all who may be successful in such restoration. 



Nineteen receiving houses have been appointed by 

 the Society, at Drake's Island, Oreston, Hooe, Turn- 

 chapel, the Hoe, Cawsand, Kingsand, Cremhill, &c. 

 &c. &c., furnished with drags, resuscitating apparatus, 

 &c.., ready for use at all times and at a moment's notice, 

 and be it remarked to the great credit of of the indivi- 

 duals whose dwellings have been appointed receiving 

 houses, that many of them have given as their annual 

 subscription to the Society, the yearly sum allowed 

 them for their superintendence ; these individuals are 

 Mr. Taylor, Oreston ; Mr. Ryder, Hooe ; Mr. Pinch, 

 Turnchapel ; Mr, Law, Drake's Island ; Mr. Phillips, 

 Cawsand; Mr. Graves, Cremhill; Mr. Westlake, 

 Custom House Quay, Plymouth ; and Mr. Eddy, 

 Kino sand. 



