^06 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 58 



HISTORY (Continued) 

 Louis, Henry. See No. 1340. 



1403. Maclean, John. Stannary roll 34th, Edward I (1305-1306) with intro- 



ductory remarks thereon, and on other similar rolls. 



Journ. Roy. Inst. Cornwall, Vol. 3, No. 12, 1871, Truro, pp. 238-2il. 

 Remarks on same, pp. XXVI-XXVII. 



Extracts from MSS. showing the magnitude of tin mining in Cornwall during the 

 fourteenth century. 



1404. . The tin trade of Cornwall in the reigns of Elizabeth and James 



compared with that of Edward I. 



Joum. Roy. Inst. Cornwall, Vol. 4, 1874, Truro, pp. 187-190. 

 Brief account of tin " coined " between years 1305-1607. 



1405. Napier, Chas. R. G. On the localities from whence the gold and tin of 



the ancients were derived. 



Rep. Brit. Ass. Adv. Sci., 45th meeting 1875, Bristol, pt. 2, 1876, Ix)ndon, p. 177 

 (Abs.). 



Tin was known, at least 1500 years B. C. Britain, Brazil and Sumatra mentioned 

 as tin supplying countries for ancients. 



1406. Pattison, S. R. On ancient and modern tin-works in France. 



Journ. Roy. Inst. Cornwall, Vol. 2, October, 1S67, Tniro, pp. 343-34.5. 



Author arrives at following conclusions, some as historical facts, the rest as proba- 

 bilities: 



0) At one epoch the provinces of Limousin ari9 Marche possessed at Montebras and 

 Vaiilry important tin mines. 



(2) Similar works were probably attempted throughout these two Provinces, which 

 accounts for the ntmierous remains of open works now visible. 



(3) Gold, which is found at Vaulrj', and traces of gold at St. Leonard, had proba- 

 bly been sought for by the old miners in these works. 



(4) The silence of history, and the open character of the works, justify him in 

 attributing them to the Gauls. 



1407. Pearce, Gilbert B. Blocks of tin found in Fowey Harbour. 



.Journ. Roy. Inst. Cornwall, Vol. 15, pt. 2, 19<13, Truro, pp. 345-346. 



Brief accoimt of four blocks of tin, very rough castings. As they bore no mark or 

 coinage stamp, the writer infers that they probably belong to a time previous to the 

 institution cf the coinage law. 



1408. Plinius, Caius. Natural History. 



Bohns Classical Library. 



Trans, by .lohn Bostock & H. T. Riley, 1887, London. 



Book 4, chap. 30, Vol. 1, p. 352. 



Timaeus, the historian said to mention that " white lead " is found on the island 

 of Mictis 6 daj's' sail from Britannia. 



Book 7, chap. 57, Vol. 2, p. 223. 



Midacritus was the first who brought tin from the Lsland called Cassitcris. 



Book 34, chap. 47, Vol. 6, pp. 212-215. 



Greeks brought " white lead " from Lusitania and Gallsecia. 



P. 213. " MTiite lead was held in estimation even in the days of the Trojan war, 

 a fact that is attested by Homer, who calls it ' cassiteros.' " 



1409. PoLw^iiELE, R. The history of Cornwall. 



Vols. 7, 1816, London. 



Not available to the authors. 



