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occurring in various parts of the North Coast of Cornwall ; " " On 

 Accidents which occur in the Mines of Cornwall in consequence of 

 premature Explosion of Gunpowder in Blasting Rocks, and on the 

 Methods to be adopted for Preventing it;" "Observations on the 

 Geological Structure of Cornwall," &c. A valuable paper on the 

 Soils of Cornwall was contributed by him to the Penwith Agricul- 

 tural Society. 



Dr. Paris returned to London in 1817. In the course of an 

 honourable and successful career of practice, he was elected President 

 of the Royal College of Physicians, on the death of Sir Henry Hal- 

 ford, after serving repeatedly in the office of Censor. Finally, in 

 the full possession of his mental powers, and to the last moment 

 devoted to the interests of the College, which he loved, Dr. Paris 

 departed this life, June 24, 1857, under very painful disease, borne by 

 him with great constancy. 



Dr. Paris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821, and 

 repeatedly served on the Council. 



His works were numerous, and obtained a large circulation. The 

 ' Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence,' published in conjunction with 

 Mr. Fonblanque, 1825; the 'Treatise on Diet/ 1827; the 'Life of 

 Sir Humphry Davy,' 1831, a most felicitous instance of perfect bio- 

 graphy ; his delightful little book, ( Philosophy in Sport made 

 Science in Earnest.' But, greatest of all in its originality and prac- 

 tical usefulness, though earliest in its appearance, was Dr. Paris' s 

 ' Pharmacologia ' ; it came out first as a small volume in 1812. On 

 this last work, if he had published nothing else, his claims, as en- 

 larging the science of medicine, might safely be rested. 



The Rev. WILLIAM SCORESBY, son of the well-known whaling 

 captain, was born at Crofton near Whitbyin 1789. At the age of ten, 

 having been taken on a farewell visit to his father, who was about to 

 set out on a voyage, he was so delighted with all he saw in the ship, 

 that he contrived a boyish scheme for remaining on board, and thus 

 unpremeditatedly began his acquaintance with the sea. Some of the 

 incidents of this voyage, and among them the clever escape from a 

 hostile cruiser, are related in ' Memorials of the Sea,' a book which 

 he published fifty years after wards. The voyage made him a con- 

 firmed sailor, and from 1803 he accompanied his father in the 



