554 ANNAUL REGISTER, 1806, . 
and a meteorologist, iy his 84th year, 
Hayman Rooke,esq- FR. and A.SS. 
of which latter society he was 
- chosen a member in 1776; and to 
‘their Archxologia he communicated 
several illustrations of the antiqui- 
dies of Nottingham, and the adjoin- 
ing county of Derby. To the 
Gentleman’s Magazine the major 
owas a frequent contributor, both by 
his pen and his pencil. To the stu- 
‘dent in Natural History, he com- 
municated a Meteorological Diary 
for years successively, from 1794 
to 1805. To the society of anti- 
quaries, Account of the remains of 
two Roman vill, discovered near 
Mansfield-Wood-house, in May and 
October, 1786, Archxologia, VIIT. 
‘963; with five plates, Observations 
on the Roman’ roads and camps in 
the ‘neighbourlieod ‘of Mansfield 
‘Wood-house ; with an introductory 
letter on Roman camps, IX. 193. 
Roman remains iu Sherwood Fo- 
rest, X.'378. These last were ifi- 
coporated in Harrod’s Antiquities 
of Mansfield Wood-house and its 
‘Environs, Mansfield, 1801. De- 
‘scription and Sketches of-seme:re- 
markable Oaks in-Welbeck-park, 
1740, 4to. with ten plates, drawn 
by the major, and engraved by Mr. 
Ellis. Sketch of the ancient and 
present state of Sherwood Forest, 
‘Nottingham, 1799, 8vo. with four 
plates. Description of an ancient 
medallion in his possession, found 
near Newstead-abbey, ibid 1800. 
Description of some remains in Har- 
borough, county of Derby, Arche. 
‘ologia, IX. 206. Of certain pits in 
that county, X. 14. . Antiquities 
discovered there, XI. 1. Ro- 
man Antiquities at Bradbourne, 
ib: 6.. “Accouut of Druidical re- 
mains, ib. 41. Discoveries in a 
barrow, ib. 327. Druidical re- 
maiiis on Stanton and Hurtle-moor; — 
in the Peak, I. 110. Farther illus. 
trations of Druidical remains, VI. — 
175. Two views of the cross and ~ 
Roman altar at Bakewell, after his 
Diaries, in the Antiquariar;Reper- - 
tory, I. No. 37. -He accompanied ” 
Dr. Pegge’s ‘* Narrative of what 
passed at the Revolution-house;’ 
with a plan and elevation* of the 
house, 1788 ; and his history of Bol- 
sover-castle, with views, 1785 ; and 
the bas-relief of the Nativity, in the 
church,.:inthe Gentleman’s Maga- 
zine, vol..LVI. p: 299. 
19th. On his way to Bath, for 
the recovery of his health, sincerely 
Jamented; at the rev..Dr. Drake’s, 
aty Amersham, county of Bucks, the 
fev. John Eaton} LL. D. rpotor..6f 
St. Paul’s, Deptford, ‘Kent, and of 
Fairsted, Essex; and formerly of 
New college, Oxford, where he 
proceeded B,C. L. 1777, D.C. Li 
1786. f 
19th. David George, of Swan- 
sea, a poor fisherman ; who lost his 
life in the following-singular- man- 
ner: sone urexpected ‘success ‘in 
the morring, induced hini td,g6 out 
to fish off the Pier-head late in the 
evening, accompanied by his son - 
and two men ; they had drawn the 
net on shore, and, whilst George 
was clearing it, observing a small sole 
entangled in the meshes of the net, 
he put the head of the fish. between 
his teeth to draw it through, (a 
common practice, we understand; 
wilh fishermen); but whether in sd 
doing, or in going to open his 
mouth afterwards, cannot be ascers 
tained, the fish slipped into his 
throat, and choaked him in a few 
minutes. Medical assistance was 
obtained with all possible speed; 
but every effort to extract the sole 
proved unavailing, while a chance of 
saving 
